Longwu Emperor
Southern Ming · Ming · 2nd ruler
隆武帝 Lóngwǔ Dì朱聿鍵 Zhū Yùjiàn
Wade–Giles: Lung-wu Emperor · Chu Yü-chien
Reigned 1645–1646 (1 year)
Reigned 1 year (1645–1646). Died at 45 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death disputed. 2nd ruler of Southern Ming.
Facts
- Reign
- 18 August 1645 – 6 October 1646 (2nd ruler of Southern Ming)
- Length of reign
- 1 year
- Born
- 24 May 1602
- Died
- 6 October 1646
- Age at accession
- 44
- Age at death
- 45
- Cause of death
- DisputedPrimary sources or accepted accounts conflict and cannot be narrowed to one
- 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
- Hongguang Emperor
- Successor
- Shaowu Emperor, Yongli Emperor
- Era names
- 隆武 Lóngwǔ (proclaimed 1645)
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
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 1
- Rebellions suppressed
- 1
- Rebellions faced
- 2
- Capital relocations
- 1
Emperors of Southern Ming
- 1stHongguang Emperor弘光帝 Hóngguāng Dì朱由崧 Zhū Yóusōng1644–1645 · 361 days · Executed, age 401644–1645361 daysExecuted, age 40
- 2ndLongwu Emperor隆武帝 Lóngwǔ Dì朱聿鍵 Zhū Yùjiàn1645–1646 · 1 year · Disputed, age 451645–16461 yearDisputed, age 45
- Shaowu Emperor紹武帝 Shàowǔ Dì朱聿𨮁 Zhū Yùyuè1646–1647 · 40 days · Disputed1646–164740 daysDisputed
- 3rdYongli Emperor永曆帝 Yǒnglì Dì朱由榔 Zhū Yóuláng1646–1662 · 15 years · Executed, age 401646–166215 yearsExecuted, age 40