Emperor Daizong of Ming (Zhu Qiyu)

Timeline

1. 1428–1449Capital (Beijing) · BeijingBorn in the capital in 1428 as the second son of the Xuande Emperor, he was enfeoffed as Prince of Cheng in the seventh year of Zhengtong (1442) and took up residence in the capital. Before the Tumu Crisis in the fourteenth year of Zhengtong, he lived in the capital as a prince without participating in major military or state affairs.
2. 1449–1450Capital (Beijing) · BeijingAfter the Tumu Crisis captured the Zhengtong Emperor, Prince of Cheng Zhu Qiyu was ordered by the empress dowager to serve as regent. The ministers pressed him to take the throne, changing the era name to Jingtai, honoring the Zhengtong Emperor as Grand Emperor, and establishing a new political order.
3. 1450–1457Capital (Beijing) · BeijingHe relied on Yu Qian and other officials to organize the defense of Beijing, repelling Esen's Oirat forces. Thereafter he strengthened frontier defenses and resettled refugees, but in his later years was frequently ill, the succession changed repeatedly, and politics grew increasingly unstable.
4. 1457Western Park (Beijing) · BeijingIn the first month of 1457 the Gate Restoration restored the Zhengtong Emperor; Zhu Qiyu was deposed as Prince of Cheng and confined to the Western Park, where he died that same month. Later generations posthumously named him Daizong, and he was buried at Jinshan Mausoleum.