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Zhu Di
Fourth son of the Ming founder, enfeoffed as Prince of Yan in the third year of Hongwu and taking up residence at Beiping;…
Timeline
- 1381–1390Beiping · Beiping Provincial Administration CommissionFrom 1381–1390 he took up residence at Beiping, commanding the troops of the Yan lands, participating in frontier defense and campaigns against the Mongols, and cultivating a core of personal troops and advisors that built strength for the later Jingnan Campaign.
Sources
- 明史·本纪·成祖本纪 — 张廷玉等 (1739)
- The Cambridge History of China, Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1 — Frederick W. Mote (1988)
- Yongle https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yongle