Daoguang Emperor

Daoguang Emperor 道光帝
Emperor of the Qing dynasty
Reign	3 October 1820 – 26 February 1850
Predecessor	Jiaqing Emperor
Successor	Xianfeng Emperor
Prince Zhi of the First Rank
Tenure	1813 – 3 October 1820
Born	(1782-09-16)16 September 1782 (乾隆四十七年 八月 十日) Xiefang Hall, Forbidden City, Beijing
Died	26 February 1850(1850-02-26) (aged 67) (道光三十年 正月 十五日) Imperial Gardens, Beijing
Burial	Mu Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs
Consorts	Empress Xiaomucheng ​ ​ (m. 1796; died 1808)​ Empress Xiaoshencheng ​ ​ (m. 1809; died 1833)​ Empress Xiaoquancheng ​ ​ (m. 1821; died 1840)​ Empress Xiaojingcheng ​ ​ (m. 1825)​
Issue	Yiwei, Prince Yinzhi of the Second Rank Xianfeng Emperor Yicong, Prince Dunqin of the First Rank Yixin, Prince Gongzhong of the First Rank Yixuan, Prince Chunxian of the First Rank Yihe, Prince Zhongduan of the Second Rank Yihui, Prince Fujing of the Second Rank Princess Shou'an of the First Rank Princess Shouzang of the Second Rank Princess Shou'en of the First Rank Princess Shouxi of the Second Rank Princess Shouzhuang of the First Rank
Names Aisin-Gioro Minning (愛新覺羅·旻寧) Manchu: Min ning (ᠮᡳᠨ ᠨᡳᠩ) Era dates Daoguang (道光): 3 February 1821 – 31 January 1851 Manchu: Doro eldengge (ᡩᠣᡵᠣ ᡝᠯᡩᡝᠩᡤᡝ) Mongolian: Төр Гэрэлт (ᠲᠥᠷᠥ ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯᠲᠦ) Posthumous name Emperor Xiaotian Fuyun Lizhong Tizheng Zhiwen Shengwu Zhiyong Renci Jianqin Xiaomin Kuanding Cheng (效天符運立中體正至文聖武智勇仁慈儉勤孝敏寬定成皇帝) Manchu: Šanggan hūwangdi (ᡧᠠᠩᡤᠠᠨ ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡩᡳ) Temple name Xuanzong (宣宗) Manchu: Siowandzung (ᠰᡳᡠᠸᠠᠨᡯᡠᠩ)
House	Aisin-Gioro
Dynasty	Qing
Father	Jiaqing Emperor
Mother	Empress Xiaoshurui

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The Daoguang Emperor (16 September 1782 – 26 February 1850), also known by his temple name Emperor Xuanzong of Qing, personal name Mianning, was the eighth emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the sixth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. His reign was marked by "external disaster and internal rebellion". These include the First Opium War and the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion which nearly brought down the dynasty. The historian Jonathan Spence characterizes the Daoguang Emperor as a "well meaning but ineffective man" who promoted officials who "presented a purist view even if they had nothing to say about the domestic and foreign problems surrounding the dynasty".^[1]