Empress Ma (Jianwen)

Empress Xiaominrang (孝愍讓皇后; 1378–1402), of the Ma clan, was the empress consort to Jianwen Emperor and the second empress consort of China's Ming dynasty.[1]

Empress Xiaominrang
孝愍讓皇后
Empress consort of the Ming dynasty
Tenure1398–1402
PredecessorEmpress Xiaocigao
SuccessorEmpress Renxiaowen
Huang Taisunfei of the Ming dynasty
Tenure1395–1398
Born1378
Yingtian, Nanjing
Died1402 (aged 2324)
SpouseJianwen Emperor
IssueZhu Wenkui
Zhu Wengui
Posthumous name
Empress Xiàomǐn Wēnzhēn Zhéruì Sùliè Xiāngtiān Bìshèng Ràng
孝愍溫貞哲睿肅烈襄天弼聖讓皇后
孝愍温贞哲睿肃烈襄天弼圣让皇后

Family background

Born in 1378, Ma was the daughter of an official from the town of Yingtian in modern Nanjing named Ma Quan (馬全). She married Zhu Yunwen, grandson of the Hongwu Emperor, and was proclaimed Crown Princess (Chinese: 皇太孙妃; pinyin: Huáng Tàisūnfēi) in 1395.[2]

As empress

Zhu Yunmen ascended the throne in 1398 and Ma was instated as the empress consort in the second month of his reign.[3] She had two sons, Zhu Wenkui, Crown Prince Hejian and Zhu Wengui, Prince Huai of Run, both posthumously honored.

Death

In 1402, Zhu Di sacked Nanjing and set fire to the palace, where Empress Ma died.[4]

References

Citations

  1. "Ma (3) – (c1377 – 1395): Chinese empress consort". Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. Zhang (1739), Historical Biography 1
  3. Zhang (1739), Historical Biography 1
  4. Zhang (1739), Historical Biography 1

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