Empress Ma (Jianwen)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma (馬).
Empress Xiaominrang
孝愍讓皇后
Empress consort of the Ming dynasty
Tenure20 March 1399 – 13 July 1402
PredecessorEmpress Xiaocigao
SuccessorEmpress Renxiaowen
Born1378
Hongwu 11
(洪武十一年)
Yingtian Prefecture (present-day Nanjing)
Died1402 (aged 23–24)
Jianwen 4
(建文四年)
SpouseJianwen Emperor
IssueZhu Wenkui
Zhu Wengui
Posthumous name
Empress Xiàomǐn Wēnzhēn Zhéruì Sùliè Xiāngtiān Bìshèng Ràng (孝愍溫貞哲睿肅烈襄天弼聖讓皇后)
ClanMa (馬)
FatherMa Quan (馬全)

Empress Xiaominrang (孝愍讓皇后; 1378–1402), of the Ma clan, was the empress consort to the Jianwen Emperor and the second empress consort of China's Ming dynasty.[1]

Biography

Born in 1378, Ma was the daughter of an official from the town of Yingtian in modern Nanjing named Ma Quan (馬全). She married Zhu Yunwen, grandson of the Hongwu Emperor, and was proclaimed consort of the Imperial Grandson-heir (Chinese: 皇太孙妃; pinyin: Huáng Tàisūnfēi) in 1395.[2]

Zhu Yunmen ascended the throne in 1398 and Ma was instated as the empress consort in the second month of his reign.[3] She had two sons, Zhu Wenkui, Crown Prince Hejian and Zhu Wengui, Prince Huai of Run, both posthumously honored.

In 1402, Zhu Di sacked Nanjing and set fire to the palace, where Empress Ma died.[4]

Titles

  • During the reign of the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398):
    • Lady Ma (馬氏; from 1378)
    • Consort of the Imperial Grandson (皇太孙妃; from 1395)
  • During the reign of the Jianwen Emperor (r. 1398–1402):
    • Empress (皇后; from 30 June 1398)
  • During the reign of the Hongguang Emperor (r. 1644–1645):
    • Empress Xiàomǐn Wēnzhēn Zhéruì Sùliè Xiāngtiān Bìshèng Ràng (孝愍溫貞哲睿肅烈襄天弼聖讓皇后; from 1644)

Issue

  • As consort of the Imperial Grandson-heir:
    • Zhu Wenkui, Crown Prince Hejian (和簡皇太子 朱文奎; 30 November 1396 – 1402), the Jianwen Emperor's first son
  • As empress:
    • Zhu Wengui, Prince Huai of Run (潤懷王 朱文圭; 1401–1457), the Jianwen Emperor's second son

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Ma (3) – (c1377 – 1395): Chinese empress consort". Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ^ Zhang (1739), Historical Biography 1
  3. ^ Zhang (1739), Historical Biography 1
  4. ^ Zhang (1739), Historical Biography 1

Sources

Works cited
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Preceded by Empress consort of China
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