| Prince Rong of the First Rank | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 和碩榮親王 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 和硕荣亲王 | ||||||||
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| Manchu name | |||||||||
| Manchu script | ᡥᠣᡧᠣᡳ ᡩᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ ᠴᡳᠨ ᠸᠠᠩ | ||||||||
| Romanization | hošoi derengge cin wang | ||||||||
Prince Rong of the First Rank, or simply Prince Rong, was the title of a princely peerage used in China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1644–1912). As the Prince Rong peerage was not awarded "iron-cap" status, this meant that each successive bearer of the title would normally start off with a title downgraded by one rank vis-à-vis that held by his predecessor. However, the title would generally not be downgraded to any lower than a feng'en fuguo gong except under special circumstances.
The first bearer of the title was Yongqi (1741–1766), the fifth son of the Qianlong Emperor. In 1765, he was awarded the status of a qinwang (prince of the first rank) by his father under the title "Prince Rong of the First Rank". The title was passed down over seven generations and was held by nine persons.
"Prince Rong" may also refer the Shunzhi Emperor's unnamed fourth son (1657–1658), who died as an infant and was given the posthumous title "Prince Rong of the First Rank".
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| Yongqi 永琪 (1741–1766) Prince Rongchun 榮純親王 (1765–1766) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mianyi 綿億 (1764–1815) Prince Rongke (of the Second Rank) 榮恪郡王 (1784–1815) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yihui 奕繪 (1799–1838) Beile 貝勒 (1815–1838) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zaijun 載鈞 (1818–1857) Beizi 貝子 (1839–1857) | Zaizhao 載釗 (1825–1881) Feng'en Zhenguo Gong 奉恩鎮國公 (1881) (posthumously awarded) | Zaichu 載初 (1832–1881) Fuguo Jiangjun 輔國將軍 (1857–1862) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pumei 溥楣 (1844–1894) Feng'en Zhenguo Gong 奉恩鎮國公 (1857–1866) (stripped of his title) | Puyun 溥芸 (1850–1902) Feng'en Zhenguo Gong 奉恩鎮國公 (1866–1902) | Puchang 溥菖 Third Class Fengguo Jiangjun 三等奉國將軍 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yujian 毓簡 | Yumin 毓敏 (1878–1912) Feng'en Zhenguo Gong 奉恩鎮國公 (1902–1912) | Yugeng 毓庚 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hengxu 恆煦 (1899–1966) Feng'en Zhenguo Gong 奉恩鎮國公 (1912–1945) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qicong 啟孮 (1918–2004) | Qixuan 啟暄 (born 1919) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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