Dong You | |
Princess consort of Yanping | |
Father: | Dong Yangxian |
Mother: | Lady Chen |
Spouse: | Koxinga |
Issue: | Zheng Jing, Zheng Cong |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1623 |
Birth Place: | Jinjiang, Fujian, China |
Death Date: | 30 July 1681 (aged 57) |
Death Place: | Tainan, Taiwan |
Place Of Burial: | Wudingli, Zhouziwei Nan'an, Fujian (after 1683) |
House: | Koxinga |
Dong You | |
T: | 董友 |
Poj: | Táng Iú |
Also Known As: | Chao Wu-wang-fei |
T2: | 潮武王妃 |
Poj2: | Tiô Bú-ông-hui |
Queen Dong (17 October 1623 – 30 July 1681[1]), birth name Dong You, posthumous name Chaowu Wangfei,[2] was the princess consort of Koxinga and mother of Zheng Jing.
In 1623, Dong was born in a Jinjiang family with scholar-official, and her father was Dong Yangxian, a politician of Southern Ming. In 1642, Dong married Koxinga and gave birth to Zheng Jing. In 1649, Koxinga became Prince of Yanping (Chinese: 延平王); as the result, Dong became his princess consort. In 1662, Koxinga defeated Frederick Coyett and his army in the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, and Kingdom of Tungning was later built. After Koxinga died, Dong's son Zheng Jing won the succession to the throne of Tungning by defeating Zheng Xi in a civil war and Zheng Tai in a political struggle. In 1681, Dong died in Tainan, Taiwan.