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Prince Lü of the First Rank
Prince Lü of the First Rank
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	和碩履親王
Simplified Chinese	和硕履亲王
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	héshuò lǚ qīnwáng
Wade–Giles	ho-shuo lü ch'in-wang
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡥᠣᡧᠣᡳ; ᡩᠣᡵᠣᠯᠣᠨ; ᠴᡳᠨ ᠸᠠᠩ
Romanization	hošoi dorolon cin wang

Prince Lü of the First Rank, or simply Prince Lü, was the title of a princely peerage used in China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1644–1912). As the Prince Lü 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 Yuntao (1686–1763), the 12th son of the Kangxi Emperor. In 1722, Yuntao was made a junwang (second-rank prince) by his father for his military achievements. However, a year later, he was demoted two grades to beizi, but was restored as a junwang in 1730. In 1735, he was promoted to qinwang (first-rank prince) under the title "Prince Lü of the First Rank". The peerage was passed down over eight generations and held by eight persons.

Members of the Prince Lü peerage

Yuntao (允祹; 1686 – 1763) (1st), the Kangxi Emperor's 12th son, initially a beizi, promoted to second-rank prince in 1722, demoted to beizi in 1723, further demoted to grace defender duke in 1724, restored as a second-rank prince in 1730, promoted to first-rank prince as Prince Lü of the First Rank in 1735, posthumously honoured as Prince Lü Yi of the First Rank (履懿親王)
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  - Yongcheng (永珹; 1739 – 1777) (2nd), the Qianlong Emperor's fourth son and Yuntao's adoptive grandson, held the title Prince Lü of the Second Rank from 1763 to 1777, posthumously honoured as Prince Lü Duan of the First Rank (履端親王) in 1799
    - Mianhui (綿惠; 1764 – 1796) (3rd), Yongcheng's eldest son, held the title of a beile from 1777 to 1796, posthumously honoured as Prince Lü of the Second Rank
      - Yilun (奕綸; 1790 – 1836) (4th), Mianqin's son and Mianhui's adoptive son (from line of Prince Cheng's peerage), held the title of a beizi from 1796 to 1809, promoted to beile in 1809, demoted to beizi in 1835, posthumously honoured as a beile in 1836
        Zaigang (載鋼; 1823 – 1882), Yilun's ninth son, held the title of a feng'en zhenguo gong from 1865 to 1882
        Pumao (溥楙; 1850–1882) (6th), Zaigang's third son and Zaifen's adoptive son, held the title of a grace bulwark duke from 1854 to 1882
        Yuchang (毓昌; 1878 – 1885) (7th), Pumao's eldest son, held the title of a grace defender duke from 1882 to 1885, had no male heir
        
        Zaifen (載鈖; 1825 – 1853) (5th), Yilun's tenth son, held the title of a beizi from 1836 to 1853, had no male heir
        
        Zaihe (載鶴; 1833 – 1884), Yilun's 12th son, held the title of a grace general from 1856 to 1884
        Puzhi (溥植; 1882 – 1936) (8th), Zaihe's eldest son, held the title of a grace defender duke from 1885 to 1936
        Yujun (毓鈞; b. 1902), Puzhi's son
        Hengpei (恆培; b. 1928), Yujun's son

Cadet line

Yuntao's cadet line

Hongkun (弘昆; 1739 – 1750), Yuntao's fifth son, posthumously honoured as the hereditary prince of Prince Lü of the First Rank in 1750

Yilun's cadet line

Zaiwu (載鋙), Yilun's sixth son, held the title of a first class bulwark general from 1838 to 1847
- Pusen (溥森), Zaiwu's eldest son, held the title of a supporter general from 1847 to 1881
  - Yucun (毓存), Pusen's fourth son, held the title of a grace general in 1881, had no male heir
Zaigang (載鋼; 1823 – 1882), Yilun's ninth son, held the title of a feng'en zhenguo gong from 1865 to 1882
Zaihe (載鶴; 1833 – 1884), Yilun's 12th son, held the title of a grace general from 1856 to 1884
Zai'ai (載藹), Yilun's 13th son, held the title of a grace general from 1856 to 1901
- Puquan (溥泉), Zai'ai's eldest son, held the title of a grace general from 1902