生平

1880年12月30日出生于北京。生父载滢早年曾过继至叔祖父奕詥一系。至1900年时，父亲才回归祖父奕欣一系。而他则早过继于伯父载澄。1896年，袭伯父爵。祖父奕欣在1898年逝世，溥伟承袭恭亲王爵。当年发生戊戌政变，慈禧太后如何处置光绪帝是当时中国政治生活的焦点。各类传闻中，他与载振、溥儁，皆是取代光绪帝，承继皇位的宗室人选。1908年，溥伟曾被列为光绪帝继嗣人选。慈禧太后死后，与摄政王载沣策划诛杀袁世凯未遂。1911年辛亥革命时期，与肃亲王善耆等人组织「宗社党」，拒绝在清帝「退位诏书」上签字，主张整兵一战，是清皇族中的复辟派。

1912年2月12日，宣统帝退位，中华民国成立之后，溥伟先避居京郊戒台寺，后转移到德国租借地青岛。1913年他联络驻扎在兖州的张勋，策划「癸丑复辟」未遂。1914年第一次世界大战爆发，日军占领青岛，溥伟欲借日本势力复辟清室。在日军的支持下，他和善耆发起「满蒙独立运动」，重建已被解散的宗社党，还在辽东一带召纳土匪，秘密组织勤王军。1916年2月，溥伟在青岛期间曾收到前陕甘总督升允自东京送来的密函，信中叙述升允在日本联络上层力量支持复辟活动。见此信，溥伟遂和善耆加快了复辟步伐，并预谋六月中旬在辽南一带举事。可是6月6日袁世凯突然病死，日本政府寺内正毅内阁上台，随之改变了对华政策，将宗社党军队和蒙古骑兵解散。1917年张勋复辟，溥伟一旁观望，没有参加。

1922年2月善耆去世，溥伟复辟清室的希望成空。同年秋天，在德国的殖民地青岛回归中国之前，溥伟从青岛移居大连，在黑石礁筑室「星浦山庄」（今为大连星海宾馆），闲居中广交大连文人，赋诗作画，以打发其惆怅无聊的日子。他的《春日》诗最能表达复辟无望的心情。

1931年九一八事变后，大日本帝国为诱迫溥仪早到东北筹建满洲国，将溥伟从大连接到渖阳，让其当「四民维持会」会长，扬言要以溥伟为首建立「明光帝国」。日军还让溥伟穿上王服，在满洲国警宪的簇拥下祭陵。溥仪得知这一消息，急忙来到旅顺，顺从地当了日本的傀儡皇帝。溥仪对溥伟心存戒虑，总是怕溥伟会夺去帝位，从没给溥伟一个职位。

1934年（民国二十三年）1月，溥仪要做满洲国皇帝之前，曾派溥伟到京津一带，运动清朝遗老贵胄前往长春上本朝贺。溥伟到京津将其列名奏贺之本章收齐，并带去故宫太监二十四名，预备三月一日，溥仪举行登极大典时侍奉之用。尽管他竭尽全力支持溥仪，也只在登基大典之后和溥仪见了唯一的一面，对溥仪说的还是「有我溥伟在，大清不会亡」。但并没有得到溥仪的重用。

去世

1936年初，贫病交加的溥伟到新京请求溥仪召见期间猝死于新华旅社内，享年五十六岁。时任满洲国的皇帝溥仪受清皇室众亲贵谏劝，追谥溥伟为恭贤亲王，并由第七子毓嶦承爵。第七子毓嶦赴新京溥仪所办的皇宫私塾免费读书。至此，妾室张氏携带自身儿女投奔亲生儿毓嶦，并移居长春。外妾周氏也出于生计携一双子女改嫁满洲张姓正白旗。

家庭

妻妾

• 嫡福晋碧鲁氏，

• 侧福晋贾佳氏，

• 妾张氏，

• 外妾周氏，

儿子

• 第一子：未命名，已逝。

• 第二子：毓嶙，1905年出生，已逝。

• 第三子：毓岏，1906年出生，已逝。

• 第四子：毓崧，1907年出生，已逝。

• 第五子：毓岎，1909年出生，已逝。

• 第六子：未命名，已逝。

• 第七子：恭亲王毓嶦。（1923年－2016年）

• 第八子：毓嵂，1926年出生，已逝。

• 第九子：未命名，已逝。

• 第十子：毓嵘，1930年出生，已逝。

• 十一子：毓嵱，1932年出生，已逝。

女儿

• 毓嵋，1934年出生，已逝。

注释

Life

Life during the Qing dynasty

He was a part of the House of Aisin-Gioro. Puwei's biological father was Zaiying, the second son of Yixin. Since Yixin's eldest son Zaicheng died without an heir, Puwei was adopted as Zaicheng's son by the Empress Dowager Cixi's decree. After the death of Zaicheng, Puwei assumed the title of prince and became the second generation Prince Gong. Puwei was also appointed as the minister of anti-smoking. During the 1911 Revolution, he organized the Royalist Party with Shanqi and others in an attempt to restore the Qing Dynasty, and he refused to sign the abdication edict. It is rumored he said "As long as I'm here, we will fight. The Qing Empire will never perish".

Life after the Qing dynasty

After the Qing dynasty fell, Puwei bought a house on the seaside of Qingdao and brought all his family members from Beijing. When the Japanese army captured Qingdao in 1914, his house, that was built along the sea was naturally exposed to the naval gunfire. One night, after his residence had been shelled several times, Puwei and his family hurried to a friend's house. He took refuge in his residence, but before he could move in, it was shelled too and an entire wall of a room was destroyed. Even in this situation, Puwei still tried to remake the disbanded Zongshe Party, and secretly organized armed forces in the Liaodong area in a desperate attempt to restore the Qing dynasty.

In 1922, China took back the sovereignty of Qingdao from the Japanese. Puwei, who was determined to restore the Qing, left Qingdao after living there for 10 years and went to Dalian, which was under Japanese rule at the time. Before leaving, he gave some of the furniture to Kang Youwei. After experiencing these futile intrigues, Pu Wei became increasingly frustrated. At this time, he also began to realize the difficulty of life financially.

Puwei was immature when it came to employing people. The person that was responsible for managing his property took a lot of money from him. He originally owned thousands of acres of fertile land, and every year the land rent could fully guarantee his royal life, but as the years passed, the person took the money from selling a large area of land and kept the money for himself. He also smuggled out a large number of books and antiques from the Forbidden City. Later, in order to cover up such a large-scale theft, a eunuch set fire to the Forbidden City. Puwei, who became increasingly financially unable, even had to abandon his two-horse glass-covered carriage. After moving north to Dalian, his life became more difficult, and political frustration made his health deteriorate. In October 1936, in a hotel in Changchun, the 56-year-old last Prince Gong passed away due to poverty and illness.

Claim to the throne

Puwei is the direct grandson of the first generation Prince Gong, Yixin. Yixin's eldest son Zaicheng was supposed to inherit the throne, but he died early. Since Puwei was Zaicheng's adopted son, he had a claim to the throne.

After the Mukden Incident, Japan occupied Manchuria and contacted Puyi to establish a puppet regime. Puyi hesitated and did not agree immediately. Japan then asked Puwei to become Emperor. After hearing the news, Puyi left Tianjin and hurriedly took a boat to Lushun, but the Japanese still felt that Puyi's reputation was greater, so they established the puppet Manchukuo with Puyi as the Chief Executive, and Puwei lost another opportunity to proclaim himself emperor.

Family

Mother and father

• Adoptive father: Zaicheng (1858-1885), eldest son of Prince Gong Yixin, posthumously named Prince Gongguomin.

• Biological father: Zaiying (1861-1909), second son of Prince Gong Yixin, was given the title of Beile of Prince Zhong

• Mother: second Primary Consort Lady Heseri (继夫人赫舍里氏), Daughter of Heseri Chongling.

Concubines and wives

• Primary Consort: Lady Bilu, of Mongolia royal family (嫡福晋碧鲁氏)

• secondary consort: Lady Jiagiya (侧福晋贾佳氏)

• concubine:

　• Lady Zhang

　• Lady Zhou

children

• First son: Unnamed, deceased.

• second son: Yulin (毓嶙; 1905-?)

• third son: Yuwan (毓岏; 1906-?)

• fourth son: Yusong (毓崧; 1907-?)

• fifth son: Yufen (毓岎; 1909-?)

• sixth son: Unnamed, deceased

• seventh son: Yuzhan, Prince Gong (恭亲王毓嶦; 1923-2016) Born of Lady zhang

• eighth son: Yulu (毓嵂; 1926-?)

• ninth son: Unnamed, deceased

• tenth son: Yurong (毓嵘; 1930-?)

• eleventh son: Yuyong(毓嵱; 1932-?)

• daughter: Yunxia (蕴霞; 1934-)