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Traditional Chinese
  
多羅溫郡王

Hanyu Pinyin
  
duōluó wēn jùnwáng

Simplified Chinese
  
多罗温郡王

Wade–Giles
  
to-lo wen chün-wang

Prince Wen of the Second Rank, or simply Prince Wen, was the title of a princely peerage used in China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1644–1912). As the Prince Wen 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 Mengguan (猛瓘; 1643–1674), Hooge's fifth son and a great-grandson of Nurhaci (the founder of the Qing dynasty). In 1657, Mengguan was granted the title "Prince Wen of the Second Rank" by the Shunzhi Emperor. The title was passed down over three generations and held by five persons.

Members of the Prince Wen peerage

  • Mengguan (猛瓘; 1643–1674), Hooge's fifth son, held the title Prince Wen of the Second Rank from 1657 to 1674, posthumously honoured as Prince Wenliang of the Second Rank (溫良郡王)
  • Foyonghui (佛永惠; 1667–1678), Mengguan's eldest son, held the title Prince Wen of the Second Rank from 1674 to 1678, posthumously honoured as Prince Wen'ai of the Second Rank (溫哀郡王), had no male heir
  • Yanshou (延綬; 1670–1715), Mengguan's second son, initially a junwang from 1678 to 1698, demoted to beile from 1698 to 1715
  • Kuihui (揆惠; 1687–1734), Yanshou's eldest son, held the title of a feng'en jiangjun from 1711 to 1715, promoted to feng'en fuguo gong from 1715 to 1723, stripped of his title in 1723
  • Kuiliang (揆良), Yanshou's second son, held the title of a feng'en jiangjun from 1716 to 1742
  • Pulu (普祿), Kuiliang's third son, held the title of a feng'en jiangjun from 1742 to 1770
  • Yanxin (延信; 1673–1728), Mengguan's third son, initially a third class fengguo jiangjun from 1687 to 1721, promoted to buru bafen fuguo gong in 1721, promoted to beizi in 1723 and then to beile within the same year, stripped of his title in 1728
  • Alina (阿里納; 1703–1728), Yanxin's eldest son
  • Tiangui (添貴; 1721–1765), Alina's eldest son
  • Zhulong'a (珠隆阿; 1749–1795), Tiangui's eldest son
  • Kuiju (魁舉; 1707–1742), Yanxin's second son
  • Yongquan (永全; 1724–1807), Kuiju's son
  • Ge'erbing'a (噶爾炳阿; 1760–1809), Yongquan's son
  • Xilin (錫麟; 1807–?), Ge'erbing'a's second son and Zhulong'a's adopted son
  • Guangyuan (廣元; 1844–?), Xilin's eldest son

    • References

    Prince Wen Wikipedia
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