Manggūltai

Manggūltai (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠩᡤᡡᠯᡨᠠᡳ; Möllendorff: Manggūltai; Abkai: Manggvltai; Chinese: 莽古爾泰; 1587 – 11 January 1633) was a Manchu noble and an important military and political leader in the early years of the Qing dynasty. He helped Hong Taiji consolidate his power by handing over his Plain Blue Banner to Taiji's. He died when he was 45 to 46 years old in 1633.

This name uses Manchu naming customs. The given name is Manggūltai, it should be used solely or with titles but not with the clan name Aisin Gioro.
Manggūltai
Prince of the Third Rank
Born1587 (1587)
Died11 January 1633(1633-01-11) (aged 45–46)
Full name
Aisin Gioro Manggūltai
(愛新覺羅 莽古爾泰)
FatherNurhaci
MotherFuca Gundei
Manggūltai
Chinese莽古爾泰

Family background

Manggūltai was born in the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the fifth son of Nurhaci, the founder of the Qing dynasty. His mother was one of Nurhaci's primary consorts, who was from the Fuca clan. He was an older half-brother of Nurhaci's successor, Hong Taiji.

Career

Nurhaci's reign

When Nurhaci assumed the title of Khan in 1616, Manggūltai was named one of the Four Senior Beile, to assist Nurhaci's administration.[1] The other three beiles were Daišan, Amin, and Hong Taiji. Starting in 1621, Manggūltai and the other three senior beiles served as assistants to Nurhaci on a monthly rotational basis in directing state affairs of the Later Jin dynasty.

Hong Taiji's reign

After Nurhaci's death, Daišan used his influence to make the princes and generals to agree on Hong Taiji's accession as Khan. Although Hong Taiji had become Khan, Manggūltai, along with Daišan and Amin continued to take turns as assistant administrators until 1629, when Hong Taiji had begun to consolidate power.

Manggūltai handed over the Plain Blue Banner to Hong Taiji, which was the third strongest banner. In this way, Hong Taiji slowly eliminated his competitor's powers.

Family
  • Father: Nurhaci, Taizu (太祖 努爾哈赤; 8 April 1559 – 30 September 1626)
    • Grandfather: Taksi, Xianzu (顯祖 塔克世; 1543–1583)
    • Grandmother: Empress Xuan, of the Hitara clan (宣皇后 喜塔臘氏; d. 1569), personal name Emeci (額穆齊)
  • Mother: Primary consort, of the Fuca clan (繼妃 富察氏; d. 1620), personal name Gundei (袞代)
  • Consorts and Issue:
    • Primary consort, of the Nara clan (嫡福晉 那拉氏)
    • Primary consort, of the Hada Nara clan (嫡福晉 哈達那拉氏)
      • Maidali (邁達禮; 15 June 1603 – January/February 1634), first son
      • Guanggu (廣顧; 22 August 1604 – 1606), second son
      • Sahaliang (薩哈良; 21 March 1606 – 1642), third son
      • Ebilun (額弼綸; b. 4 February 1609), fifth son
      • Feiyanggutai (費揚古泰; b. 11 April 1610), sixth son
      • Aketama (阿克塔瑪; 1620–1622), eighth son
    • Unknown
      • Sadong'e (薩棟額; b. 1608), fourth son
      • Sahana (薩哈納; b. 11 April 1614), seventh son
      • Shusong (舒鬆; 3 January 1624 – 1652), ninth son

References
  1. Frederic E. Wakeman (1985). The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-century China. University of California Press. pp. 158–. ISBN 978-0-520-04804-1.
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