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Dorgon (Manchu
Manchu language

Manchu is a Tungusic languages language spoken in Northeast China; it used to be the language of the Manchu, though now most Manchus speak Mandarin Chinese and there are fewer than 70 native speakers of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus....
: ; ) (November 17, 1612–December 31, 1650), also known as Hošoi Mergen Cin Wang, the Prince Rui, was one of the most influential Manchu
Manchu

The Manchu people are a Tungusic peoples who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the seventeenth century, with the help of Ming rebels , they conquered the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until its abolition in 1911 after the Xinhai Revolution, which established Republic of China in its place....
 princes in the early Qing dynasty
Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
. He laid the groundwork for the Manchu rule of China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
.

Dorgon was the fourteenth son of the Manchu leader Nurhaci
Nurhaci

Nurhaci is considered to be the founding father of the Manchu state. Nurhaci is also credited with ordering the creation of a written script for the Manchu language....
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Dorgon (Manchu
Manchu language

Manchu is a Tungusic languages language spoken in Northeast China; it used to be the language of the Manchu, though now most Manchus speak Mandarin Chinese and there are fewer than 70 native speakers of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus....
:
Dorgon
; ) (November 17, 1612–December 31, 1650), also known as Hošoi Mergen Cin Wang, the Prince Rui, was one of the most influential Manchu
Manchu

The Manchu people are a Tungusic peoples who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the seventeenth century, with the help of Ming rebels , they conquered the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until its abolition in 1911 after the Xinhai Revolution, which established Republic of China in its place....
 princes in the early Qing dynasty
Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
. He laid the groundwork for the Manchu rule of China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
.

Dorgon was the fourteenth son of the Manchu leader Nurhaci
Nurhaci

Nurhaci is considered to be the founding father of the Manchu state. Nurhaci is also credited with ordering the creation of a written script for the Manchu language....
. His mother was the Lady Abahai
Abahai

Lady Abahai or Empress Xiao Lie Wu was Grand princess consort of Manchu Khan Nurhaci of the Qing Dynasty. She was also the mother of Princes Dorgon, Dodo , and Ajige....
; Dodo
Dodo (prince)

File:Dodo, Prince Yu.JPGDodo, Prince Yu, was a Manchu prince and general.He was the fifteenth son of Nurhaci and one of Dorgon's two full brothers....
 and Ajige
Ajige

Ajige was a prince of the Manchu dynasty of ancient China. His mother was Lady Abahai, and his father was Nurhaci, he was their 12th son; he was thus a full-brother of princes Dodo and Dorgon....
 were his full brothers, and the Emperor Huang Taiji was his half-brother. Dorgon became one of the most powerful of the princes, and was instrumental in moving Manchu forces into Beijing in 1644. During Huang Taiji's reign he took part in many military campaigns, including conquests of the Mongols and of Korea
Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
.

After Huang Taiji's death, Dorgon was involved in a power struggle with Hooge
Hooge, Prince Su

Hooge was the eldest son of Emperor Huang Taiji of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He was the founder of the House of Prince Su .He joined military campaigns against the Mongols, Korea and Ming Dynasty....
, eldest son of Huang Taiji, for the throne. In the end, they compromised, and Dorgon supported the dead emperor's ninth son, his nephew Fulin (Emperor Shunzhi), to ascend the throne. He was made regent
Regent

A regent, from the Latin regens "reigning", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present or debilitated....
 because Shunzhi was only six at the time of his ascension, and thus became the de facto ruler of the country. He was rumored to have married Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager
Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, , known for the majority of her life under the title "Grand Empress Dowager", was the concubine of Huang Taiji, the mother of the Shunzhi Emperor and the grandmother of the Kangxi Emperor during the Qing Dynasty in China....
, although this claim has been repeatedly disputed, and has become one of the four great mysteries of the Qing Dynasty. He was later given the title the Uncle of the Emperor, Prince Regent, which then becomes "Father of the Emperor, Prince Regent".

After he suddenly died on a hunting trip on December 31, 1650 at the age of 39, Dorgon received the posthumous rank of Emperor, the only time this happened in the Qing Dynasty. He was given the title "Maode Xiuyuan Guangyie Dinggong Anmin Lizheng Jingyi Huangdi" (?????????????????). His temple name
Temple name

Temple names are commonly used when naming most Table of Chinese monarchs, List of Korean monarchs , and Vietnamese royalty. They should not be confused with era names....
 was Chéngzong. Even the Emperor Shunzhi bowed three times before Dorgon's coffin.

However, in 1651, forces once opposed to Dorgon, led by former co-regent Jirgalang
Jirgalang

Jirgalang or Jirhalang , the sixth son of Nurhaci's younger brother ?urhaci of the Aisin Gioro clan, was a Manchu Qing Dynasty nobility and an important military and political leader in the early years of the Qing Dynasty....
 (Prince Zheng) produced a long list of his crimes, which included: Secretly preparing forbidden material such as yellow robes (strictly used by the Emperor); Plotting to take the throne from Shunzhi; Calling himself the Father of the Emperor; Killing Hooge and taking his concubines for himself, etc. It is believed that Dorgon had been engaged in a fierce power struggle with the young Emperor Shunzhi as the Emperor reached maturity. So as the opposition forces gained power, the Emperor Shunzi posthumously stripped Dorgon of all his titles and even flogged his corpse. He was rehabilitated during the reigns of Kangxi Emperor
Kangxi Emperor

The Kangxi Emperor was the third Emperor of China of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty and the second Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from 1661 to 1722....
 and Qianlong Emperor
Qianlong Emperor

The Qianlong Emperor was the fifth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty, and the fourth Qing dynasty emperors to rule over China. The fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor, he reigned officially from October 11, 1736 to February 7, 1795....
 and acknowledged as a loyal Prince of the Qing Dynasty.

Dorgon had no male offspring.