Hongguang Emperor

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Southern Ming emperor emperor

The Hongguang Emperor was a short-lived Southern Ming ruler who attempted to continue the Ming dynasty’s resistance against the Qing after the fall of Beijing in 1644.

Aliases (5)

Longwu Emperor ×2
Hongguang ×1
Hongguang era ×1
Shaowu Emperor ×1
proclaimed emperor in Nanjing after Chongzhen Emperor’s suicide ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Southern Ming emperor → emperor →
ascendedThroneAfter	fall of Beijing to the Qing in 1644 →
birthYear	1607 →
burialStatus	posthumous honors disputed →
capital	Nanjing →
capturedBy	Qing forces →
conflict	Ming–Qing transition wars →
country	China →
courtesyName	Deyu →
deathCause	execution →
deathPlace	Nanjing →
deathYear	1646 →
dynasticHouse	House of Zhu →
dynasty	Southern Ming →
eraLocation	Nanjing regime of Southern Ming →
ethnicity	Han Chinese →
familyName	Zhu →
father	Zhu Changxun →
fatherTitle	Prince of Fu →
governmentType	monarchy →
grandfather	Wanli Emperor →
historicalPeriod	late Ming–early Qing transition →
house	Ming dynasty imperial family →
language	Chinese →
loyalistsBase	lower Yangtze region →
notableEvent	led short‑lived Southern Ming regime → proclaimed emperor in Nanjing after Chongzhen Emperor’s suicide →
notableFor	being the first major Southern Ming claimant after the fall of Beijing →
personalName	Zhu Yousong →
posthumousName	Emperor Gongmin →
predecessor	Chongzhen Emperor →
primaryAdversary	Qing dynasty →
realmType	remnant Ming regime →
regimeDescription	attempted to continue Ming resistance against the Qing →
regnalEra	Hongguang era →
reignName	Hongguang →
reignPeriodEnd	1645 →
reignPeriodStart	1644 →
religion	Confucianism →
shortReign	yes →
spouse	Empress Wang →
style	His Imperial Majesty →
successor	Longwu Emperor →
templeName	Gaozong →
titleBeforeAccession	Prince of Fu →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ming Tombs → Ming Tombs ("Longwu Emperor") → Ming Tombs ("Shaowu Emperor") →	notBuriedHere
Hongguang Emperor ("proclaimed emperor in Nanjing after Chongzhen Emperor’s suicide") →	notableEvent
Hongguang Emperor ("Hongguang era") →	regnalEra
Hongguang Emperor ("Hongguang") →	reignName
Hongguang Emperor ("Longwu Emperor") →	successor