14 Facts About Ebilun

Ebilun was stripped of his positions by the emperor but later regained his noble rank.

Ebilun was from the Niohuru clan, which lived north of the Korean border and belonged to the Bordered Yellow Banner.

Ebilun was the youngest of the sixteen sons of Eidu, who had been a close associate of Manchu patriarch Nurhaci.

In 1643 Ebilun followed Nurhaci's seventh son Abatai in forays inside North China and was credited with the capture of several towns.

In 1645 and 1646, after the Qing had defeated the Ming dynasty and made Beijing their capital, Ebilun served under Lekedehun in campaigns to dislodge Ming loyalist He Tengjiao from Hubei and was rewarded with a minor hereditary rank.

In 1648, during the persecution of Hooge, Dorgon's main rival, Ebilun's nephew accused Ebilun of having opposed Dorgon during the 1643 succession.

Ebilun was sentenced to death, but his penalty was commuted.

In practice Ebilun acquiesced to Oboi on nearly all decisions, as the latter gained increasing power.

Ebilun played a role in the ouster of Suksaha, which, after the infirm Sonin died, left Oboi the unchallenged top political figure at court.

In 1667, after the Kangxi Emperor assumed personal rule, Ebilun was given the title of a first-class duke.

The sentence was later commuted, and Ebilun retained his title, which could be inherited by his descendants.

Ebilun belonged to the Eidu line of Niohuru clan nobles, many of whom would go on to serve with distinction in the imperial service.

Three of Ebilun's daughters became imperial consorts of the Kangxi Emperor, one becoming his empress consort.

Ebilun's seventh son, Alingga, was a main figure in the succession battle among the sons of the Kangxi Emperor.