Miande (; 11 August 1747 – 17 November 1786) was

Yonghuang Yonghuang (Manchu: ''Yong huwang''; 5 July 1728 – 21 April 1750) was an imperial prince of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty in China. Born in the Aisin Gioro clan, he was the eldest son of the Qianlong Emperor. His mother was Imperial Noble Con ...

's eldest son and

Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of China, emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China pr ...

's grandson.

Life

Miande was born on 11 August 1747 to lady Ilari, Yonghuang's princess consort. His father died in 1750 and was posthumously honoured as Prince Ding'an of the First Rank. Initially, Miande held a title of the first ranking prince. In 1752, he was demoted to the Prince of the Second Rank. In 1775, Miande took part in the funeral of

Empress Xiaoyichun Empress Xiaoyichun (23 October 1727 – 28 February 1775) of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Weigiya clan was an imperial consort of the Qing dynasty. She was the favored concubine of the Qianlong Emperor, with whom she conceived seven ch ...

. In 1777, Miande arrived late at the funeral of Consort Shu and was forbidden from return to capital until the end of the mourning period. The prince was stripped of his title after it was revealed that he rewarded a fifth rank official Qin Xiong with a collection of precious calligraphy paintings. After the investigation led by

Fuheng Fuheng (; ; ; 1720 – July 1770), courtesy name Chunhe (春和), was a Qing dynasty official from the Manchu people, Manchu Fuca (clan), Fuca clan and the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners, and was a younger brother of the Empress Xia ...

's son Fulong'an, Qin Xiong had been involved in hijacking Miande's horse. The scandal didn't disturb the repromotion to the Duke of the First Rank in the following year. His title was passed younger brother, Mian'en. In 1784, Miande was promoted to the Prince of the Fourth Rank. He died on 17 November 1786 and was succeeded by his son Yichun.His descendants became a minor clansmen in comparison to the descendants of his brother, who inherited the peerage as high-ranking princes.

Family

Miande was married to Lady Borjigit, eldest daughter of Princess Hejing of the First Rank and leader of

Khorchin Mongols The Khorchin (, ''Horchin''; ''Qorčin''; ) are a subgroup of the Mongols that speak the Khorchin dialect of Mongolian and predominantly live in northeastern Inner Mongolia of China. History The Ming dynasty gave Borjigin princes (descended ...

Septeng Baljur. In 1766, he married lady Irgen Gioro as a primary consort. * Primary consort, of the Khorchin

Borjigin A Borjigin is a member of the Mongol sub-clan that started with Bodonchar Munkhag of the Kiyat clan. Yesugei's descendants were thus said to be Kiyat-Borjigin. The senior Borjigids provided ruling princes for Mongolia and Inner Mongolia u ...

clan (嫡福晋博尔济吉特氏; d. 1763)
* Primary consort, of the

Irgen Gioro Irgen Gioro (; ) is a Manchu clan and family name, which was officially categorized as a "notable clan", and member of the eight great houses of the Manchu nobility in Qing dynasty. Sibe and Nanai people also has Irgen Gioro as their family n ...

clan ( 1766–1786)
{{Lang, zh, 郡王继福晋-->奉恩镇国公夫人-->贝子夫人 ** Prince of the Fourth Rank Yichun (1767-1816), first son ** Lady of the Second Rank

References

Qing dynasty imperial princes Prince Ding 1747 births 1786 deaths