Wang De-lu should not be confused with Li Chendian.
Wang De-lu | |
Honorific Prefix: | Viscount of the Second Rank |
Office: | Commander of Zhejiang Province(浙江提督) |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1770 |
Birth Place: | Zhuluo County, Taiwan Prefecture, Fujian Province, Qing Empire |
Death Place: | Penghu(Pescadores Islands), Taiwan Prefecture, Fujian Province, Qing Empire |
Resting Place: | Chiayi County, Taiwan |
Occupation: | general |
Branch: | Qing Army |
Wang De-lu (; 1772–1843) was a general during the Qing dynasty. He was born in what is now Taibao City, Chiayi County, Taiwan.[1]
He enlisted as a soldier aged 15, and later led China's navy. He died of natural causes during the First Opium War.
Because of his success as a soldier, he was ennobled by the imperial court, which also donated money for a lavish funeral and a huge tomb—the largest extant in Taiwan.