Wu Yingxiong
Eldest son of Wu Sangui, executed as a hostage.
Wu Yingxiong lived from 1634 until his execution on 18 May 1674. He was a Chinese aristocrat and the oldest son of the general Wu Sangui. His parents were Wu Sangui and Lady Zhang, who held the titles Count and Countess of Pingxi. In 1648, when his father’s army moved to fight in Southwest China, Wu Yingxiong was kept at the Manchu court as a hostage. Five years later, in 1653, he became a viscount and wed Princess Kechun, the Shunzhi Emperor’s youngest half-sister. They had three sons and at least one daughter. After his father joined the Revolt of the Three Feudatories in December 1673, Wu Yingxiong was imprisoned and later strangled in Beijing.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 1634
- Died
- 18 May 1674
- Place of death
- Beijing
- Spouse
- Princess Kechun (1653)
- Issue
- Wu Shilin; Wu Shifan
- Posthumous name
- Emperor Xiaogong (孝恭皇帝)
- Father
- Wu Sangui
- Mother
- Empress Zhang
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Biography
Wu Yingxiong was born to Wu Sangui and his wife Lady Zhang, by the time Count and Countess of Pingxi. In 1644, his father was granted the title of Prince Pingxi after opening the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhai Pass to let Qing forces into China proper. Wu Yingxiong was left in the Manchu court as a hostage in 1648 when his father's army marched to Southwest China to fight against the Ming troop. Five years later, in 1653, he was created a viscount and married Princess Kechun (1642–1705), the youngest half-sister of Shunzhi Emperor.
The couple had three sons and at least one daughter. In December 1673, Wu Sangui and other two princes revolted and declared civil war known as the Revolt of the Three Feudatories. As soon as the news reached Beijing, Wu Yingxiong and his sons were put into prison as hostage. Despite the fact that Wu was an uncle-by-marriage of the Manchu Kangxi Emperor, he was led to death on 18 May 1674 at Beijing, where he along with his eldest son Wu Shilin was executed by strangulation.
The rest of his sons were also executed in 1680 when the war ended. Wu Shifan, the only surviving son of Wu Yingxiong, gave his father the posthumous title of Emperor Xiaogong when he inherited Wu Sangui's throne in 1678.
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