Prince of Xing

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Members

• Zhu Youyuan, 4th son of Chenghua Emperor. He granted the title of Prince of Xing by his father on 30 July 1487 and he held the title until 13 July 1519. He took his fief which located at Anlu state in 1494. Before he was posthumously honoured as an emperor, his original posthumous name was:
• *1st son: Unnamed, he died five days after he was born and was full-brother of Jiajing Emperor. Jiajing Emperor posthumously bestowed him with the title "Prince Huai of Yue" in 1525. He was renamed "Zhu Houxi" on May 1560 by Jiajing Emperor.
• *2nd son: Zhu Houcong, he was designated as his father's hereditary prince. He managed his fief as Hereditary Prince of Xing as he was mourning for three years for his father's death. The imperial court approved him to succeeded his father's peerage for succeeded the throne from Zhengde Emperor. Before he enthroned, he had held the title of Prince of Xing for a month.

  Female members

• Zhu Youyuan, Prince Xian of Xing
• *1st daughter: Name unknown, she was full-sister of Jiajing Emperor. She was posthumously bestowed as a princess by Jiajing Emperor under the title "Princess Changning".
• *2nd daughter: Name unknown, she was half-sister of Jiajing Emperor. She was posthumously bestowed as a princess by Jiajing Emperor with the title "Princess Shanhua".
• *3rd daughter: Name unknown, originally held the title of a commandery princess under the title Comm. Princess Changshou. She was promoted to a first-rank princess in 1523 by Jiajing Emperor under the title Princess Yongfu. She married an Embroidered Uniform Guard name Wu Jinghe. The History of Ming wrongly recorded her as daughter of Hongzhi Emperor.
• *4th daughter: Name unknown, she was full-sister of Jiajing Emperor. She was promoted to a princess by Jiajing Emperor in 1527 under the title Princess Yongchun.