Princess Yuan of Lu

Princess Yuan of Lu
Born	Pre-211 BCE
Died	187 BCE
Burial	Anling
Spouse	Zhang Ao
Issue	Zhang Yan (張嫣) Zhang Yan (張偃)
House	House of Liu (by birth) House of Zhang (by marriage)
Father	Emperor Gaozu of Han
Mother	Empress Lü Zhi

Princess Yuan of Lu
Traditional Chinese	魯元公主
Simplified Chinese	鲁元公主
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǔ Yuán Gōngzhǔ

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǔ Yuán Gōngzhǔ

Princess Yuan of Lu, also called Princess Luyuan was a princess of the Han Dynasty. She was the eldest daughter of the dynasty's founder Emperor Gaozu and Empress Lü Zhi. She had one daughter who was married to her younger brother, Emperor Hui.

Princess Yuan's exact birth date is unknown, but her appearance in official records suggests that she was born before 211 BCE. She was born before her father Liu Bang became a serious political contender, after which most of her early life was spent avoiding capture by enemy forces.

In 204 BCE, during the Chu–Han Contention, the carriage of Princess Yuan and her brother Liu Ying was pursued by forces of the Chu State. Duke Teng, a member of the Xiahou family, ordered the two to leave the carriage and replaced them with two decoy travellers to allow them to escape.。

Liu Bang was proclaimed Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty in 202 BCE. Princess Yuan's mother Empress Lü Zhi had little power after her husband became emperor and was powerless to prevent Emperor Gaozu from making plans to marry Princess Yuan, as the daughter of the legitimate wife, to a Xiongnu leader to prevent the nomads from causing trouble on the northern border. She was married later, however, to Zhang Ao of Zhao, who succeeded his father as ruler in 204 BCE. The exact date of their marriage is unknown. Their daughter Zhang Yan was married to Princess Yuan's younger brother Liu Ying in 191 BCE, as part of their mother's attempts to control the imperial household.

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