Biography

Laimbu was born of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the 13th son of Nurhaci, founder of the Qing Dynasty. His mother was Lady Sirin Gioro (西林覺羅氏), a concubine of Nurhaci. He was a younger half-brother of Nurhaci's successor Hong Taiji.

In 1634, during Hong Taiji's reign, Laimbu was appointed as Niuluzhangjing (牛錄章京) and in 1639 he was given a position in the Deliberative Council of Princes and Ministers. In 1642 he followed his older half-brother Ajige to attack the Ming Dynasty and defeated a Ming army at Ningyuan. Ajige returned to his residence without waiting for an announcement of the rewards granted to him by Hong Taiji in recognition of his contributions. This was seen as showing disrespect towards the emperor. Laimbu was also found guilty because he did not stop Ajige, and was stripped of his position in the Council.

In 1645 Laimbu was granted the title of "General Who Receives Grace" (奉恩將軍). He died in 1646 and his title was inherited by his son Laihu (來祜). In 1653, during the reign of the Shunzhi Emperor, Laimbu was conferred a posthumous title of "Duke Jiezhi Who Assists the Nation" (輔國介直公). The ducal title "Duke Who Assists the Nation" (輔國公) was then passed on to Laimbu's son Laihu.

Family

Consorts and issue:

• Primary consort, of the Nara clan

• Mistress, of the Fuca clan

• Mistress, of the Khorchin Borjigin clan

• Mistress of the Yang clan

Sons:

• Laihu, Duke of the Second Rank (輔國公 來祜; 1625–1694), first son born to primary consort, lady Nara

Ancestry

生平

辛亥年十二月二十四日巳時出生。天聰八年（1634年），授牛錄章京之職。崇德四年（1639年），授與議政大臣之職。崇德七年（1642年），以英親王阿濟格屬人的身份跟隨他打敗寧遠的明兵。阿濟格因在皇太極頒賞時不等賞賜即先行回家而獲罪，而賴慕布因沒有勸阻阿濟格而被革職，罷去議政大臣。

賴慕布在入關之後的府邸在朝陽門內燒酒胡同。府邸大殿面闊七間，東西配樓七間，後殿五間，後寢七間有抱廈，後罩房七間。這座府邸在賴慕布之子來祜革爵後，就被賞賜給了聖祖的第五子恆溫親王允祺作「恆王府」。清中後期又改賜仁宗第三子惇恪親王綿愷作「惇王府」。

順治二年（1645年），賴慕布被封為奉恩將軍。順治三年 (1646年) 逝世。兒子來祜承襲爵位為奉恩將軍。順治十年（1653年）五月，賴慕布被追封為輔國公，予以謚號「介直」。其子來祜亦襲爵為輔國公。

家族

母

庶妃西林覺羅氏，奮杜里哈斯古之女。萬曆三十八年 (1610年) 嫁給了努爾哈赤，萬曆三十九年 (1611年) 臘月廿四日生賴慕布。生卒年不詳。根據杜家驥先生的考証，雖然西林覺羅氏在後來的記錄為「庶妃」，但西林覺羅氏最初不被列于太祖妻妾之列，僅為侍婢。

子孫

賴慕布只有一個兒子來祜。來祜的二繼妻瓜爾佳氏為鰲拜之女，因而作為鰲拜的親屬而遭到了革爵。已革奉恩輔國公來祜有十個兒子，但其中有六位都是夭折或者無嗣，剩下第一子勒克德、第二子寶通、第三子三等輔國將軍來度和第五子愛珠四個宗支。第三房來度的宗支在清中後期絕嗣，所以最終剩下的即是第一房勒克德、第二房寶通和第五房愛珠三房後裔。

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