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China: Three Manchu ladies, the wives of Prince Chun (1840-1891), late 19th century

China: Three Manchu ladies, the wives of Prince Chun (1840-1891), late 19th century

Yixuan (16 October 1840 – 1 January 1891), titled Prince Chun (Prince Ch'un in Wade–Giles) or more formally Prince Chun of the First Rank (醇親王), was a Manchu prince and statesman of the late Qing Dynasty.

He was the father of the dynasty's second-to-last emperor, the Guangxu Emperor, and the paternal grandfather of China's last emperor Puyi.

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