Hongguang Emperor

Facts

Reign

19 June 1644 – 15 June 1645 (1st ruler of Southern Ming)

Length of reign

361 days

Born

5 September 1607

Died

June 1646

Age at accession

38

Age at death

40

Cause of death

ExecutedPut to death by a hostile power, a successor regime or a conqueror, as a public act

Path to the throne

Proclaimed by supportersFounded the titleDid not receive the throne from an earlier ruler, and did not claim it on their own initiative but was set up by others (e.g. the emperors of the Southern Ming)

Predecessor

Chongzhen Emperor

Successor

Longwu Emperor

Era names

• 弘光 Hóngguāng (proclaimed 1644)

Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.

During the reign

Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted

Era name changes

1

General amnesties

2

Empresses installed

0

Crown princes deposed

0

Personal campaigns

0

Rebellions suppressed

1

Rebellions faced

2

Capital relocations

0