page_title: Prince Gong
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Prince Gong / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Princess Rongshou-Kurun and other court ladies
context_page_description: Yixin, better known in English as Prince Kung or Gong, was an imperial prince of the Aisin Gioro clan and an important statesman of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty in China. He was a regent of the empire from 1861 to 1865 and wielded great influence at other times as well.
  At a young age, Yixin was already noted for his brilliance and was once considered by his father the Daoguang Emperor as a potential heir. However, his older half-brother Yizhu eventually inherited the throne as the Xianfeng Emperor. During the Second Opium War in 1860, Prince Gong negotiated with the British, French and Russians, signing the Convention of Beijing on behalf of the Qing Empire. Following the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, Prince Gong launched the Xinyou Coup in 1861 with the aid of the Empress Dowagers Ci'an and Cixi and seized power from a group of eight regents appointed by the Xianfeng Emperor on his deathbed to assist his young son and successor, the Tongzhi Emperor. After the coup, he served as Prince-Regent from 1861–65 and presided over the reforms implemented during the Tongzhi Restoration.
context_section_description: Father: Minning, the Daoguang Emperor (宣宗 旻寧; 16 September 1782 – 26 February 1850)
  Grandfather: Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor (仁宗 顒琰; 13 November 1760 – 2 September 1820)
  Grandmother: Empress Xiaoshurui, of the Hitara clan (孝淑睿皇后 喜塔臘氏; 2 October 1760 – 5 March 1797)
  Mother: Empress Xiaojingcheng, of the Khorchin Borjigit clan (孝靜成皇后 博爾濟吉特氏; 19 June 1812 – 21 August 1855)
  Grandfather: Hualiang'a (花良阿), served as a fifth rank literary official (員外郎) in the Ministry of Justice, and held the title of a first class duke (一等公)
  Grandmother: Lady Aisin Gioro
  Consorts and Issue:
  Primary consort, of the Gūwalgiya clan (嫡福晉 瓜爾佳氏; 1834 – 29 June 1880)
  Princess Rongshou of the First Rank (榮壽固倫公主; 28 February 1854 – 1924), first daughter
  Married Zhiduan (志端; d. 1871) of the Manchu Fuca clan on 15 October 1866
  Zaicheng, Prince Guomin of the Third Rank (果敏貝勒 載澂; 12 September 1858 – 21 July 1885), first son
  Second daughter (15 March 1860 – 28 March 1864)
  Zaijun, Duke of the Second Rank (輔國公 載濬; 31 July 1864 – 6 June 1866), third son
  Secondary consort, of the Xuegiya clan (側福晉 薛佳氏)
  Zaiying, Prince of the Third Rank (貝勒 載瀅; 11 March 1861 – 29 September 1909), second son
  Secondary consort, of the Liugiya clan (側福晉 劉佳氏)
  Third daughter (6 March 1879 – 12 June 1880)
  Fifth daughter (b. 24 July 1884)
  Secondary consort, of the Liugiya clan (側福晉 劉佳氏)
  Zaihuang, Duke of the Fourth Rank (不入八分輔國公 載潢; 11 November 1880 – 3 March 1885), fourth son
  Secondary consort, of the Janggiya clan (側福晉 張佳氏; 1858 – 4 October 1883)
  Fourth daughter (31 August 1881 – 8 September 1882)
caption: Gulun Princess Rongshou (centre, seated)
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