Zhu Youyuan

Zhu Youyuan
朱祐杬
A posthumous portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Prince of Xing
Tenure30 July 1487 – 13 July 1519
SuccessorZhu Houcong
Born22 July 1476
Chenghua 12, 2nd day of the 7th month
(成化十二年七月初二日)
Died13 July 1519(1519-07-13) (aged 42)
Zhengde 14, 17th day of the 6th month
(正德十四年六月十七日)
Burial
Xianling Mausoleum (in present-day Zhongxiang, Hubei)
Consorts
Empress Cixiaoxian
(m. 1492⁠–⁠1519)
Issue
  • Zhu Houxi, Prince Huai of Yue
  • Jiajing Emperor
  • Princess Changning
  • Princess Shanhua
  • Princess Yongfu
  • Princess Yongchun
Regnal name
Emperor Bensheng Huangkao Gongmu Xian (本生皇考恭穆獻皇帝)
Posthumous name
Prince Xian of Xing (興獻王) →
Emperor Xingxian (興獻帝) →
Emperor Gongrui Yuanren Kuanmu Chuansheng Xian (恭睿淵仁寬穆純聖獻皇帝) →
Emperor Zhitian Shoudao Hongde Yuanren Kuanmu Chunsheng Gongjian Jinwen Xian (知天守道洪德淵仁寬穆純聖恭簡敬文獻皇帝)
Temple name
Ruizong (睿宗)
HouseZhu
FatherChenghua Emperor
MotherEmpress Xiaohui

Zhu Youyuan (Chinese: 朱祐杬; pinyin: Zhū Yòuyuán; 22 July 1476 – 13 July 1519), was a prince of the Ming dynasty of China. He was the fourth son of the Chenghua Emperor.

Created Prince of Xing (興王), his fief was near today's Zhongxiang, in Hubei Province. He and his wife were posthumously honored by his son after he became the Jiajing Emperor in 1521.


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