Consort Chen (Yingzong) Explained

Consort Jingzhuangan'muchen
Consort Chen
Birth Date:1431
Death Place:Forbidden City, Beijing
Burial Place:Jinshan
Spouse:Emperor Yingzong of Ming (d.1464)
Issue:
  • Zhu Jianlin, Prince Zhuang of De
  • Zhu Jianshi
  • Zhu Jianjun, Prince Jian of Ji
  • Zhu Jianzhi, Prince Mu of Xin
  • Princess Chun'an
  • Princess Guangde
Posthumous Name:Jingzhuangan'mu (靖莊安穆)
House:Wan (萬)
House-Type:Clan
Father:Wan Ju (萬聚)

Consort Chen (宸妃 萬氏; 1431 – 22 December 1467), of the Wan clan, was the favorite consort of Emperor Yingzong of Ming.[1]

Biography

Her father, Wan Ju (萬聚), was originally a soldier in the Zhuolu guard (涿鹿衛). She was born in 1431 and was elected to enter the inner court in 1443. Later, she became a concubine of Emperor Yingzong. In 1448, she gave birth to Zhu Jianlin, Prince of De; and in the following year, prince Zhu Jianshi was born. After the Tumu Crisis, Emperor Yingzong returned to Beijing and was put under house arrest in the Southern Palace (南宫). Lady Wan lived here with Yingzong. In 1454, she gave birth to Princess Guangde; before that, she gave birth to a daughter, Princess Chun'an;[2] and in 1456, she gave birth to Zhu Jianjun, Prince of Ji. In 1457, after the restoration of Emperor Yingzong, Lady Wan was granted the title "Consort Chen", and in 1458 she gave birth to Zhu Jianzhi, Prince Mu of Xin.

Consort Chen died in 1467 and was granted the posthumous title "Consort Jingzhuanganmuchen" (靖莊安穆宸妃). She was thirty-seven years old and was buried in Jinshan.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 近代中國婦女史硏究. 146.
  2. Princess Chun'an was married in 1466, when Princess Guangde was twelve years old. Princess Chun'an should be her older sister.