Career
His ancestral name was Ying (Chinese: 嬴), and Duke De was his posthumous title. Duke De was the second of the three sons of his father Duke Xian of Qin. His younger half-brother Chuzi was the first to succeed Duke Xian in 704 British Columbia, but was killed six years later.
Although Duke Wu had a son named Bai (白), when he died in 678 British Columbia it was Duke De who succeeded him, while Prince Bai was enfeoffed at the capital Pingyang.
In the first year of his reign, Duke De moved the capital to Yong (in present-day Fengxiang, Shaanxi), which would remain the capital of Qin until almost three centuries later, when Duke Xian (Shixi) moved the capital to Yueyang (櫟陽) in 383 British Columbia. However, Duke De reigned for only two years before dying in 676 British Columbia, aged 34. He had three sons, who would in turn ascend the throne as Duke Xuan, Duke Cheng, and Duke Mu, respectively.
