Life

Yicong was born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the fifth son of the Daoguang Emperor. His mother was Consort Xiang from the Niohuru clan. He was adopted by his uncle Miankai (綿愷), the third son of the Jiaqing Emperor, because Miankai had no surviving sons to succeed him. Upon Miankai's death in 1838, Yicong inherited his adoptive father's peerage and became known as "Prince Dun of the First Rank" (惇親王).

Following the death of the Daoguang Emperor in 1850, Yicong's fourth brother Yizhu succeeded their father and became historically known as the Xianfeng Emperor. When the Xianfeng Emperor died in 1861, Yicong and his seventh brother, Yixuan (Prince Chun), were both in Rehe Province with the emperor, while their sixth brother, Yixin (Prince Gong), was in the imperial capital, Beijing. Yicong supported Yixin in the Xinyou Coup of 1861 and helped him seize power from a group of eight regents appointed by the Xianfeng Emperor on his deathbed to assist his son, the Tongzhi Emperor. In 1865, Yicong was appointed as the head of the Imperial Clan Court.

Yicong died in 1889 during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor. His great-grandson, Yuyan, was a self-proclaimed successor to Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing dynasty. Yicong's former residence is at Qinghua Gardens (清華園), the present-day ___location of Tsinghua (Qinghua) University.

Family

Primary Consort

• Primary consort, of the Ulanghaigimot clan (嫡福晉 烏梁海濟爾默特氏)

　• First daughter (29 February 1852 – 24 December 1857)

　• Fourth daughter (21 March 1855 – 28 November 1855)

　• Sixth daughter (8 October 1858)

Secondary Consort

• Secondary consort, of the Hešeri clan (側福晉 赫舍里氏)

　• Zailian, Prince of the Third Rank (貝勒 載濂; 8 October 1854 – 13 November 1917), first son

　• Zaiyi, Prince Duan of the Second Rank (端郡王 載漪; 26 August 1856 – 10 January 1923), second son

　• Fifth daughter (b. 17 December 1857)

　　• Married Kunlin (堃林) of the Manchu Tunggiya clan in March/April 1873

　• Zaiying, Prince of the Third Rank (貝勒 載瀛; 14 February 1859 – 18 August 1930), fourth son

　• Zaisheng (載泩; 6 April 1860 – 21 June 1864), sixth son

• Secondary consort, of the Wanggiya clan (側福晉 王佳氏)

　• Zaijin, General of the First Rank (鎮國將軍 載津; 13 April 1859 – 7 March 1896), fifth son

Concubine

• Mistress, of the Li clan (李氏)

　• Second daughter (20 November 1854 – 15 August 1855)

　• Zaitong (載浵; 11 May 1860 – 13 March 1862), seventh son

• Mistress, of the Zhao clan (趙氏)

　• Third daughter (24 December 1854 – 7 May 1855)

　• Zailan, Duke of the Fourth Rank (不入八分輔國公 載瀾; 13 December 1856 – 17 April 1916), third son

　• Seventh daughter (16 October 1859 – 27 January 1876)

　　• Married Enming (恩銘) on 30 December 1873

　• Zaihao (載灝; 27 November 1860 – 2 January 1861), eighth son

Ancestry

生平

道光十一年辛卯六月十五日辰時出生，生母為祥妃鈕祜祿氏。道光十五年十二月十五日，奕誴出痘送聖，祥妃賞賜了奏樂的昇平署太監，而道光帝卻沒有按例給這些太監賞賜，道光帝對他如此冷遇，是出於對他的母親祥妃的厭惡。道光二十一年四月二十六日，宣宗命皇五子奕誴等皇子前往曹八里屯暫安處奠酒目送惇恪親王綿愷棺奉移至園寢。道光二十六年正月，過繼予綿愷為嗣，承襲多羅惇郡王。咸豐元年正月，皇上詣壽皇殿行禮，惇郡王奕誴由柳樹井柵欄走入，鑲黃旗滿洲步軍校善興等並未攔阻。

同治四年，任宗人府宗令。光緒十五年正月十九日卯時薨逝，賜諡曰勤。同日德宗欽命賞給陀羅經被，並且命總管內務府大臣師曾辦理其喪事，後光緒帝奉慈禧太后臨第賜奠。

家庭

妻妾

• 嫡福晉烏梁海濟爾默特氏，喀喇沁扎薩克杜棱郡王色伯克多爾濟之女。

• 側福晉赫舍里氏，領隊大臣貴文之女。

• 側福晉王佳氏，全祥之女。

• 側福晉富佳氏，富德之女。

• 庶福晉李佳氏，李成之女。

• 庶福晉趙佳氏，都赫額依之女。

子女

有子八人，五人有爵位：載濂、載漪、載瀾、載瀛、載津。

• 載濂，第一子，生母側福晉赫舍里氏。初封一等輔國將軍，累進輔國公，襲貝勒，加郡王銜。二十五年，賜頭品頂帶。二十六年，因庇護義和團而奪爵，弟載瀛襲爵位。

• 載漪，第二子，生母側福晉赫舍里氏。承繼嘉慶帝第四子瑞親王綿忻之子瑞郡王奕誌（原名奕約）為嗣，襲貝勒，後晉封為端郡王。次子溥儁。

• 載瀾，第三子。初封三等輔國將軍，再進封不入八分輔國公。因庇護義和團而被奪爵，並且戍新疆。

• 載瀛，第四子。初封二等鎮國將軍，加不入八分輔國公銜，後襲貝勒。

• 載津，第五子，生母妾王佳氏。初封二等鎮國將軍，加不入八分輔國公銜。

• 載泩，第六子，幼殤。

• 載浵，第七子，幼殤。

• 載灝，第八子，幼殤。

影視形象

• 《滿清十三皇朝之道光》：1988年，香港亞洲電視電視劇集，由黃志寧飾演

• 《滿清十三皇朝之血染紫禁城》：1990年，香港亞洲電視電視劇集，由鄭恕峰飾演

• 《一生為奴》：2006年，四川電視台電視劇集，由趙樂飾演

• 《龍非龍鳳非鳳》：2006年，北京影視頻道電視劇集，由林永健飾演奕玝（角色原型即為奕誴，奕為字輩，玝為五之諧音，奕誴即為五阿哥）

• 《紅牆綠瓦之殘陽》：2013年，國內視頻網電視劇集，由王玥波飾演