← Explore on the interactive map

Zhu Quan

Type Figure Region Daning Time 1378–1448 Also known as Prince of Ning、Prince Xian of Ning

The seventeenth son of the Ming founder, born in 1378; he remained young and lived with the imperial family in Nanjing from 1381 to 1390, was enfeoff…

Timeline

1381–1390Nanjing · Yingtian PrefectureFrom 1381 to 1390 he lived as a young prince in the Nanjing palace, being raised and enfeoffed there without yet taking up a fief; only in 1391 was he enfeoffed as Prince of Ning and moved to Daning, commanding the three Duoyan garrisons.

Sources

明史·列传·诸王传 — 张廷玉等 (1739)
The Cambridge History of China, Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1 — Frederick W. Mote (1988)
Zhu Quan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhu-Quan