Prince of Lu, Zhu Yihai

Timeline

1. 1618–1644Yanzhou · ShandongBorn in the Prince of Lu's mansion at Yanzhou, son of Zhu Yiji, Prince of Lu. He succeeded as Prince of Lu during the Chongzhen reign. After the fall of Beijing in 1644, he fled south with the Southern Ming remnant forces and became one of the southeastern princes resisting the Qing.
2. 1645–1653Taizhou · ZhejiangAfter 1645 he was acclaimed as regent, residing at Taizhou, coexisting and competing for legitimacy with the Longwu and Hongguang regimes. He relied on generals like Zhang Mingzheng to hold eastern Zhejiang, later shifting allegiance to Zheng Chenggeng and basing himself at Xiamen. Nominally he upheld Southern Ming orthodoxy, but real military and political power lay largely with the Zheng family.
3. 1654–1662Kinmen · FujianAfter the Yongli emperor invested him as Prince of Lu, Zhu Yihai retained his title but his real power steadily declined. After the 1650s he mostly lived on Kinmen, dependent on Zheng Chenggong. When Zheng Chenggong died of illness in Taiwan in 1662, Zhu Yihai also died that same year, ending the Prince of Lu regency tradition.