Hung wu biography


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Hongwu Emperor

Emperor of China from 1368 to 1398

Hongwu Emperor
洪武帝

A Seated Portrait of Ming Emperor Taizu, c. 1377 by an unknown artist from the Ming dynasty.

Now located in the National Palace Museum, Taipei

Reign23 January 1368[a] – 24 June 1398
Enthronement23 January 1368
SuccessorJianwen Emperor
Reign1368–1398
PredecessorToghon Temür (Yuan dynasty)
SuccessorJianwen Emperor
BornZhu Chongba (朱重八)
21 October 1328[b]
Hao Prefecture, Henan Jiangbei (present-day Fengyang County, Anhui)
Died24 June 1398(1398-06-24) (aged 69)
Ming Palace, Zhili (present-day Nanjing)
Burial30 June 1398

Xiao Mausoleum, Nanjing

Consort

Empress Xiaocigao

(m. 1352; died 1382)​
Issue
Detail
  • Zhu Biao, Crown Prince Yiwen
  • Zhu Shuang, Prince Min of Qin
  • Zhu Gang, Prince Gong of Jin
  • Yongle Emperor
  • Zhu Su, Prince Ding of Zhou
  • Zhu Zhen, Prince Zhao

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