Jiaqing Emperor
The Jiaqing Emperor (13 November 1760 – 2 September 1820), also known by his temple name Emperor Renzong of Qing, personal name Yongyan, was the sixth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from 1796 to 1820. He was the 15th son of the Qianlong Emperor. During his reign, he prosecuted Heshen, the corrupt Manchu favorite of his father and attempted to restore order within the Qing Empire while curbing the smuggling of opium into China.
| Jiaqing Emperor 嘉慶帝 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Emperor of the Qing dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 9 February 1796 – 2 September 1820 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Qianlong Emperor | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Daoguang Emperor | ||||||||||||||||
| Regent | Qianlong Emperor (1796–1799) | ||||||||||||||||
| Prince Jia of the First Rank | |||||||||||||||||
| Tenure | 1789 – 9 February 1796 | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | Aisin Gioro Yongyan (愛新覺羅·永琰) 13 November 1760 (乾隆二十五年 十月 六日) Old Summer Palace | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 September 1820 (aged 59) (嘉慶二十五年 七月 二十五日) Chengde Mountain Resort | ||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Chang Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs | ||||||||||||||||
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| Issue | Daoguang Emperor Miankai, Prince Dunke of the First Rank Mianxin, Prince Ruihuai of the First Rank Mianyu, Prince Huiduan of the First Rank Princess Zhuangjing of the Second Rank Princess Zhuangjing of the First Rank | ||||||||||||||||
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| House | Aisin Gioro | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Qing | ||||||||||||||||
| Father | Qianlong Emperor | ||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Empress Xiaoyichun of the Weigiya clan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 嘉慶帝 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 嘉庆帝 | ||||||||||
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Assessments of his reign are mixed, either seen as the 'beginning of the end' of the Qing dynasty, or as a period of moderate reform which presaged the intellectual movements of the 1860s.
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