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House of Zhu

明朝皇族 zh 강서 주씨 ko

Imperial house of China

  • Also called House of Chu

Overview

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The house, member by member

Oldest first, where a date is recorded.

Offices held in the house

The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.

  • 2 holders
  • 1 gap
  1. 23 January 1368 CE – 24 June 1398 CE Hongwu Emperor founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398 Recognised by Ming dynasty
  2. Gap about 4 years before the next in this house

    July 1402 CE – 12 August 1424 CE Yongle Emperor emperor of Ming dynasty China from 1402 to 1424 Recognised by Ming dynasty

Affiliation

From the members’ own records, not the people the house ruled.

Affiliations recorded on members

An affiliation recorded by a third party, often for one period of a life. It is not the religion of anyone this house ruled.

Connections

Affiliation 2

Transmission 1

Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞; b. 1786, d. 1865) · Public domain

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