Dong You, Queen of Tungning | |
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Princess Consort of Yanping | |
Reign | 1649 - 1662 (13 years) |
Queen dowager of Tungning | |
Reign | 1662 - 1681 (19 years) |
Born | 17 October 1623 Jinjiang, Fujian, China |
Died | 30 July 1681 (aged 57) Tainan, Taiwan |
Burial | Wuding Li, Tianxing Zhou Nan'an, Fujian (after 1683) |
Spouse | Koxinga |
Issue | Zheng Jing, Zheng Cong |
Father | Dong Yangxian |
Dong You | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 董友 | ||||||
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Chao Wu-wang-fei | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 潮武王妃 | ||||||
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Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Táng Iú |
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Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Tiô Bú-ông-hui |
Queen Dong (17 October 1623 – 30 July 1681), birth name Dong You, posthumous name Chao Wuwangfei, was the princess consort of Koxinga and mother of Zheng Jing.
In 1623, Dong was born in a Jinjiang family with scholar-official, and her father was Dong Yangxian, a politician of Southern Ming. In 1642, Dong married Koxinga and gave birth to Zheng Jing. In 1649, Koxinga became Prince of Yanping (延平王); as the result, Dong became his princess consort. In 1662, Koxinga defeated Frederick Coyett and his army in the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, and Kingdom of Tungning was later built. After Koxinga died, Dong's son Zheng Jing won the succession to the throne of Tungning by defeating Zheng Xi in a civil war and Zheng Tai in a political struggle. In 1681, Dong died in Tainan, Taiwan.