Ortai
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Ortai (; ) (1680–1745) was the first Earl Xiangqin. He was an eminent Manchu official from the Sirin Gioro clan, belonging to the Bordered Blue Banner, during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). He served both the Yongzheng Emperor (reign 1722–1735) and the Qianlong Emperor (reign 1735–1796). Ortai governed the southwestern region of the Qing empire, Yun-Gui (modern day Yunnan and Guizhou), from around 1726–1731, and was responsible for putting down several Miao uprisings. He fell ill and died in 1745.
Key facts
- Officeholder.honorific_prefix
- Third Class Count Xiangqin
- Officeholder.name
- Ortai
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- 鄂爾泰.jpg
- Officeholder.office
- Chief Grand Councillor
- Officeholder.term_start
- 1733
- Officeholder.term_end
- 1745
- Officeholder.predecessor
- Fupeng
- Officeholder.successor
- Necin
- Officeholder.term_start1
- 1732
- Officeholder.term_end1
- 1733
- Officeholder.predecessor1
- Zhang Tingyu
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- Fupeng
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- Grand Secretary of the Baohe Hall
- Officeholder.term_start2
- 1732
- Officeholder.term_end2
- 1745
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- Viceroy of Yun-Gui & Guangxi
- Officeholder.term_start3
- 1728
- Officeholder.term_end3
- 1731
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- date of birth
- 1677-01-01
- date of death
- 1745-01-01
- name in native language
- ᠣᡵᡨᠠᡳ
- name in kana
- おるたい
- courtesy name
- 毅菴
- art name
- 西林
- posthumous name
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- Ortai
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Ortai (; ) (1680–1745) was the first Earl Xiangqin. He was an eminent Manchu official from the Sirin Gioro clan, belonging to the Bordered Blue Banner, during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). He served both the Yongzheng Emperor (reign 1722–1735) and the Qianlong Emperor (reign 1735–1796). Ortai governed the southwestern region of the Qing empire, Yun-Gui (modern day Yunnan and Guizhou), from around 1726–1731, and was responsible for putting down several Miao uprisings. He fell ill and died in 1745.
==Family== Ortai was originally wed to a woman of the Gūwalgiya clan, until she died. Then he married the daughter of Maizhu (邁柱), the Minister of the Board of Civil Offices. Ortai then refused to take on secondary spouses despite polygamous customs of aristocratic men of his generation. They had two daughters and six sons. His fourth son Oning (O-ning, ) also served as Viceroy of Yung-Gui for a short period in 1768.
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