Dodo ( prince ) Dodo ( Manchu : ; 2 April 1614 – 29 April 1649 ) was a Manchu prince and military general of the early Qing Dynasty . His title was " Prince Yu of the First Rank " ( 和碩豫親王 ) . Family background . Dodo was born of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan , the imperial clan of the Qing Dynasty . He was the 15th son of Nurhaci , khan of the Later Jin Dynasty ( precursor of the Qing Dynasty ) . His mother was Nurhaci ' s primary spouse Lady Abahai , who also bore Dodo ' s full brothers Ajige and Dorgon . Career . Hong Taiji ' s reign . In 1620 Dodo was conferred the title of " Lord of the First Rank " ( 和碩額真 ) . He became a " doroi beile " ( 多羅貝勒 ) at the age of 13 and was put in charge of the Plain White Banner , and started administrating affairs in the Rites and War ministries . In 1628 , Dodo followed Hong Taiji on the conquest of Chahar , Mongolia , and was granted the title of " eerkechuhuer " ( 額爾克楚虎爾 ) for his achievements . The following year , he followed Hong Taiji again on the conquest of the Ming Dynasty , crossing the Great Wall and closing in on the Ming capital of Beijing . In 1631 Dodo was involved in besieging the Ming army at Daling River . He lost his footing and fell from his horse during a battle and almost died at Jinzhou . The following year he participated in a campaign against Ligdan Khan of Chahar , and in 1635 he was appointed commander - in - chief for the first time at the Battle of Daling River . In 1636 Dodo was promoted to the status of " Prince Yu of the First Rank " ( 和碩豫親王 ) . He followed Hong Taiji on the campaign against the Joseon Dynasty and defeated the enemy at Mount Nanhan . Two years later , he was demoted two grades to " doroi beile " for bringing prostitutes with him in his army . In 1641 , Dodo participated in the Battle of Songjin and led the Qing army in besieging Jinzhou in the first part of the battle . He led an ambush to wipe out the remnants of the enemy at Mount Song in the final battle and joined Hooge ' s forces in besieging Mount Song and captured the Ming general Hong Chengchou . He was promoted one grade to " Prince of the Second Rank " ( 多羅郡王 ) for his achievement . Shunzhi Emperor ' s reign . In 1644 Dodo entered China proper after the Ming general Wu Sangui opened Shanhai Pass for the Qing armies . They defeated rebel forces under Li Zicheng at Shanhai Pass and occupied the Ming capital of Beijing , after which Dodo was reinstated as a " Prince of the First Rank " ( 和碩親王 ) and appointed " Great General Who Pacifies the Nation " ( 定國大將軍 ) . Together with Kong Youde ( 孔有德 ) and Geng Zhongming ( 耿仲明 ) , Dodo led an army of 200 , 000 , comprising both Manchu and Han Chinese soldiers , to attack the remnants of Li Zicheng ' s rebel army , defeating and driving the enemy from Henan to Shaanxi . In the first month of 1645 Dodo conquered Tong Pass and Xi ' an , and in the second month he attacked the Southern Ming Dynasty ( remnants of the fallen Ming Dynasty ) . In the fourth month , Dodo captured the city of Yangzhou and executed its defending official Shi Kefa , after which he ordered a massacre to be conducted . By the following month Dodo ' s army had crossed the Yangtze River and occupied Southern Ming ' s capital of Nanjing and captured its ruler , the Hongguang Emperor . In the sixth month Dodo conquered Zhejiang and returned to Beijing , after which he received the title of " Prince Deyu of the First Rank " ( 和碩德豫親王 ) . In 1646 Dodo was appointed " Great General Who Spreads Might " ( 揚威大將軍 ) and emerged victorious from suppressing a rebellion by the Sonid Mongols . A year later he conferred the title of " Uncle Who Assists in Governance and Prince Deyu of the First Rank " ( 輔政叔 和碩德豫親王 ) . Death . Dodo died of smallpox in 1649 at the age of 36 . Dodo was said to have a very close relationship with his brother Dorgon . Dorgon was attacking Jiang Xiang ( 姜瓖 ) in Shanxi when he heard that Dodo was severely ill , so he immediately turned and rushed back to Beijing , but when he arrived at Juyong Pass , he received news that Dodo had died . Dorgon was so grieved that he changed into plain robes and cried as he raced back to Beijing . Posthumous demotion and restoration . In 1652 the Shunzhi Emperor posthumously demoted Dodo to the status of a " Prince of the Second Rank " for his affiliation with Dorgon , whom the emperor perceived to have had the intention of usurping the throne . In 1671 during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor , Dodo was granted a posthumous name " Tong " ( 通 ) , so his title became " Prince Yutong of the Second Rank " ( 多羅豫通郡王 ) . In the first lunar month of 1778 , the Qianlong Emperor posthumously restored Dodo to the status of a " Prince of the First Rank " and created a place for Dodo in the Qing ancestral temple . Seven months later , a shrine was built for Dodo in the Mukden Palace .