QUOTE (wlee15 @ Jan 2 2008, 01:30 AM)

The iron hat princes were princes who were allowed to transfer their title their heirs perpetualy. All other titles ended when the holder dies, however by convention their designated heirs were assigned a rank 1 grade below that of their predecessor.
The orginal eight iron hat princes were Dorgon a Son of Nurhachi and Regent of the Qing dynasty until his death, Jirgalang a son of Surhachi (Nurhachi's younger brother), Daishan a son of Nurhachi, Dodo (Dorgon's younger full brother), Hauge (the eldest son of Hong Taiji), Sose (another son of Nurhachi), Yoto (a son of Daishan), and a grandson of Daishan, who I believe is Lekedehun. The first 6 are first rank princes, while the last two were second rank princes.
You can find the information in Chinese here
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/铁ñ...#23376;王Zunjing de China History Forum members,
I have taken into account the information posted by Wlee15 to compose a list of Iron-Cap Princes.
The six original Iron-Cap Princes of the first rank were:
1.] Prince Li: Daishan (2nd son of Nurhachi)
2.] Prince Rui: Dorgon (14th son of Nurhachi)
3.] Prince Yu: Dodo (15th son of Nurhachi)
4.] Prince Zheng: Jierhalang (6th son of Surhachi, who was Nurhachi’s 3rd younger brother)
5.] Prince Su: Haoge (eldest son of Huang Taiji)
6.] Prince Ch’eng Tse: Sose (5th son of Huang Taiji)
The two original Iron-Cap Princes of the second rank were:
1.] Prince K’o Chi’in: Yoto (eldest son of Daishan)
2.] Prince Shun Ch’eng: Lekedehun: (2nd son of Sahaliyen, who was Daishan’s 3rd son)
The four additional Iron-Cap Princes of the first rank were:
1.] Prince Yi: Yinxiang (13th surviving son of Emperor Kang Xi)
2.] Prince Gong: Yixin (6th son of Emperor Dao Guang)
3.] Prince Chun: Yixuan (7th son of Emperor Dao Guang)
4.] Prince Qing: Yikuang (eldest son of Mien Hsing, who was the 6th son of Yonglin, who was the 17th son of Emperor Qian Long)I would like to apologize profusely for any misspellings since I am not completely fluent in pinyin transliterations; therefore, I would really appreciate any corrections!
Wlee15,
Were there any specific reasons why most of the princely titles only received one character, while three princes (Ch’eng Tse, K’o Chi’in and Shun Ch’eng) were bestowed with two-character titles? Was it due to the excessive number of Iron-Cap Princes, there were not sufficient one-character designations for all the princes?
Another question: Were the Iron-Cap Princes granted the privilege of personally selecting their successors among any of their surviving sons? Or was it mandatory for the princes’ eldest sons to automatically succeed their fathers’ titles providing that there were no serious faults to their conducts?
Xie Xie,
RQW