Princess Ning'an was a

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

princess and the third daughter of the

Jiajing Emperor The Jiajing Emperor (; 16September 150723January 1567) was the 12th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1521 to 1567. Born Zhu Houcong, he was the former Zhengde Emperor's cousin. His father, Zhu Youyuan (1476–1519), Prince of Xing, ...

to survive infancy.Zhang (1739), volume 114.

Biography

The princess was born in 1539 to the

's favoured concubine

Consort Duan Consort Duan (曹端妃; d. 1542), of the Cao clan, was a Ming dynasty concubine of the Jiajing Emperor. She was one of the emperor's most beloved concubines, but was implicated in an assassination attempt and subsequently executed.Zhang (1739) B ...

, and given the personal name Luzheng. After the Renyin palace rebellion in 1542,

Empress Fang Empress Xiaolie (1516–1547), of the Fang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, third empress to the Jiajing Emperor. Early life Fang originated from the area of Nanjing. She was selected for palace service in 1531, and chos ...

sentenced Consort Duan to death by slow-slicing, however, it was later found that Consort Duan had not been involved with the uprising. Luzheng was only three years old at the time. After her mother's death, she was raised by

Imperial Noble Consort Imperial Noble Consort ( Chinese: 皇貴妃, Vietnamese: hoàng quý phi, Korean: 황귀비) was the title of women who ranked second to the Empress in the imperial harem of China during most of the period spanning from 1457 to 1915. The Imp ...

Shen (沈). Luzheng was granted the title Princess Ning'an in 1555, the same year that Li He of Ningjin County, Hebei as her husband.History Office (1620s), volume 417. Only one of Princess Ning'an's children is recorded in the official histories; her son, Li Cheng'en.Zhang (1739), volume 193. She later received the title of ''Dazhang'' (大长) Princess Ning'an.

In fiction and popular culture

Portrayed by

Fan Bingbing Fan Bingbing (, born 16 September 1981) is a Chinese actress. From 2013 to 2017, she was included as the highest-paid celebrity in the '' Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list after ranking in the top 10 every year since 2006. She appeared on ''Time ...

in the 2003 television series Famous Catcher in Kanto (名捕镇关东).

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