Princess Changde
| Unknown | |
|---|---|
| Princess Changde | |
| Born | 1424 |
| Died | 1470 |
| Spouse | Xue Huan |
| Father | Emperor Xuanzong |
| Mother | Empress Sun |
Princess Changde (1424–1470) was a princess of the Ming Dynasty, personal name unknown. She was the third daughter of her father Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty and only daughter of her mother Empress Sun and only full sister of the Emperor Yingzong.[1]
Early life
In 1424 (the 22nd year of the Yongle reign), Princess Changde was born to the then Huang Taisun ('imperial grandson-heir') Zhu Zhanji and his then concubine son probably in bejing and her great-grandfather Yongle Emperor died the same year[2] and her grandfather became Emperor.[3]
In 27 June 1425, when she was 1 year old, her father became Emperor Xuanzong[4] and her mother became Noble Consort Sun.
In March 1, 1428, when she was 4 years old her mother became the Empress Sun.[5]
January 3, 1435, when she was 11 years old her father died and later that month her younger brother became the Emperor Yingzong.
Marriage life
In 1436 (the 5th year of the Zhengtong reign), when she was 12 years of age, Empress Dowager Sun arranged for her to marry Xue Huan the son of Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, and a woman of the Wang clan, after which she was granted the title Grand Princess Changde[6][7] and Xue Huan was granted the title of was appointed to the position of Imperial Son-in-law Commandant and the marriage didnt seem to be a happy one.
In 23 February 1464, when she was 40 years old her brother Emperor Yingzong died and the same year her nephew Zhu Jianshen became the Chenghua Emperor.[8]
Death
In 1470 (the 6th year of the Chenghua reign), she passed away at the age of 46. The imperial court suspended sessions for a day and granted funeral rites as per tradition.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ "明史 - 中國哲學書電子化計劃". ctext.org (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ Mote, Frederick Wade; Twitchett, Denis Crispin (1988). The Ming dynasty: 1368-1644. The Cambridge history of China. Cambridge New York Melbourne: Cambridge university press. ISBN 978-0-521-24332-2.
- ^ "明史 - 中國哲學書電子化計劃". ctext.org (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ Dreyer, Edward L. (1982). Early Ming China: a political history, 1355-1435. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8047-1105-0.
- ^ 《明史·列传第一·后妃》：三年三月，胡后废，遂册为皇后。英宗立，尊为皇太后。
- ^ 《英宗实录》：“ 正统五年四月○命鄞国忠武公薛禄男桓受学国子监持桓方选尚 上姊常德长公主 上以其未闲礼度故有是命。”
- ^ "明史 - 中國哲學書電子化計劃". ctext.org (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ 谢金鱼 (2019-08-07). "七夕看历史: 明朝第一痴情人成化帝". Sothebys.com (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ 《明史》（卷121）：“常德公主，章皇后生。正统五年下嫁薛桓，成化六年薨。”
- ^ 《明实录·明景宗实录》：“成化六年七月戊子，常德大长公主薨。公主宣宗章皇帝之第三女，母日：孝恭章皇后。永乐甲辰生，正统丁丑册封常德长公主，下嫁驸马都尉薛桓，成化丁丑暝封大常公主，到是募，年四十有七。讣闻较朝一日，赐祭葬如制。”
- ^ "明史 - 中國哲學書電子化計劃". ctext.org (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2025-05-03.