The Hongguang Emperor (Chinese: 弘光帝; pinyin: Hóngguāng Dì; 1607–1646), personal name Zhu Yousong (Chinese: 朱由崧; pinyin: Zhū Yóusōng), childhood nickname Fuba (福八), was the first emperor of the Chinese Southern Ming dynasty. He reigned briefly in southern China from 1644 to 1645. His era name, "Hongguang", means "great light".
In 1646, Zhu Yousong was captured and executed by the Qing dynasty at the Caishikou Execution Grounds.
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弘光帝; pinyin: Hóngguāng Dì; 1607–1646), personal name ZhuYousong (Chinese: 朱由崧; pinyin: ZhūYóusōng), childhood nickname Fuba (福八), was the first emperor...
to have Zhu made heir apparent, but failed to overturn the rule of primogeniture. After the fall of the Ming, however, Zhu's son, ZhuYousong, became...
Ming dynasty. The Manchu formed the succeeding Qing dynasty. In 1645, ZhuYousong, who had proclaimed himself the Hongguang Emperor of the Southern Ming...
the Shun forces. Ming loyalists fled to Nanjing, where they enthroned ZhuYousong as the Hongguang Emperor, marking the start of the Southern Ming. The...
Shiying agreed to form a loyalist Ming government around the Prince of Fu, ZhuYousong, a first cousin of the Chongzhen Emperor who had been next in line for...
attempt to name ZhuYousong's father as heir apparent had been thwarted by supporters of the Donglin movement because ZhuYousong's father was not the...
However, he was not given a posthumous temple name until July 1644, when ZhuYousong gave him the temple name Huizong (惠宗; 'Magnanimous Ancestor') and the...
Other Ming claimants included Zhu Benli, Prince of Han (1646–1663) and Zhu Changqing, Prince of Huai (1648–1661). If Zhu Benli existed, he would be the...
his elder brother, the restored Emperor Yingzong of Ming, but in 1644 ZhuYousong, the Hongguang Emperor of the Southern Ming, conferred on him the temple...
Beijing), leading to the downfall of the Ming. After hearing the news, ZhuYousong, Prince of Fu, ascended the throne in Nanjing, the temporary capital...
Southern Ming. On 7 June 1644 (Chongzhen 17, 3rd day of the 5th month), ZhuYousong was proclaimed "regent" (監國) in Nanjing and ascended the throne on 19...
defeated and killed during the Qing conquest of the Ming. After ZhuYousong was defeated, Zhu Hengjia declared himself as Regent (監國) at Guangxi under support...
1644, Zhu was petitioned by his advisors Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu (高弘圖) to assume the throne in exile, however it was his relative ZhuYousong who eventually...
Gongzong by the puppet emperor Li Chenghong Zhu Changxun (1586–1641), prince of the Ming dynasty, father of ZhuYousong Emperor Gong (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
Beijing 5 June Qing dynasty takes Beijing and Li Zicheng flees 19 June ZhuYousong becomes the Hongguang Emperor of Southern Ming in Nanjing Zhang Xianzhong...
punished by death by a thousand cuts. ZhuYousong, or Hongguang Emperor, the first emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Zhu Changfang, a member of the royal...
belongings to save her writings and paintings. They stayed in Huzhou until ZhuYousong was crowned emperor in Nanjing later in 1644. Soon after, the household...
province. In 1644, after the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) had been overthrown, ZhuYousong built his capital at Nanjing and named his new regime "Hongguang", Tao...
family and a few ministers set up a Ming loyalist regime in Nanjing with ZhuYousong on the throne as the Hongguang Emperor. Hu, who was noted for his seal-carving...
name Huizong was given to the Jianwen Emperor long after his reign by ZhuYousong, the Prince of Fu, in 1644. The posthumous name Emperor Gongmin Hui was...
belongings to save her writings and paintings. They stayed in Huzhou until ZhuYousong was crowned emperor in Nanjing later in 1644. Soon after, the household...
Viceroy, Ma Shiying (馬士英), and others supported the prince ZhuYousong to take the throne, and Zhu became the Hongguang Emperor of the Southern Ming. For...
in his temple. In the time of the Southern Ming's Hongguang Emperor, ZhuYousong, the title "Grand Protector" (太保) was posthumously conferred upon Tie...
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