Queen Dong (17 October 1623 – 30 July 1681),

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Dong You,

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Chaowu Wangfei,''Haiji Jiyao ()'' by Xia Lin was the

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Koxinga Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (), was a Ming loyalist general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern ...

and mother of

Zheng Jing Zheng Jing, Prince of Yanping (; 25 October 1642 – 17 March 1681), courtesy names Xianzhi () and Yuanzhi (), pseudonym Shitian (), was a 17th-century Chinese warlord, Ming dynasty loyalist and ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan. Bio ...

Biography

In 1623, Dong was born in a Jinjiang family with

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, and her father was Dong Yangxian, a politician of

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. In 1642, Dong married

and gave birth to

. In 1649, Koxinga became

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(); as the result, Dong became his

. In 1662, Koxinga defeated

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and his army in the

Siege of Fort Zeelandia The siege of Fort Zeelandia () of 1661–1662 ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over Taiwan and began the Kingdom of Tungning's rule over the island. Prelude From 1623 to 1624 the Dutch had been at war with Ming China over the Pescadore ...

, and

Kingdom of Tungning The Kingdom of Tungning (), also known as Tywan by the British at the time, was a dynastic maritime state that ruled part of southwestern Taiwan and the Penghu islands between 1661 and 1683. It is the first predominantly Han Chinese state in Ta ...

was later built. After Koxinga died, Dong's son Zheng Jing won the succession to the

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of Tungning by defeating Zheng Xi in a

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and Zheng Tai in a political struggle. In 1681, Dong died in

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Family

Royal of Tungning

Dong's descendants

(; Prince Wen of Chao & Prince of Yanping) ##

Zheng Kezang Zheng Kezang (1662–1681), birth name Qin () or Qinshe (), was the crown prince and regency of Kingdom of Tungning. Kezhang was the eldest son of Zheng Jing and Chen Zhaoniang, and his grandparents were Koxinga and Princess Dong. Biography ...

(; Crown prince of Yanping &

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) ##

Zheng Keshuang Zheng Keshuang, Prince of Yanping (; 13 August 1670 – 22 September 1707), courtesy name Shihong, art name Huitang, was the third and last ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan in the 17th century. He was the second son of Zheng Jing and a ...

(; Prince of Chao & Prince of Yanping) #

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(; prince) #Zheng Ming (; prince) #Zheng Rui (; prince) #Zheng Zhi (; prince)

Dong's family

*Dong Ciqiao (; grandfather) **Dong Yangbin (; uncle) **Dong Yangxian (; father) ***Dong Yin (; brother) ***Dong Lin (; brother) ***Dong Kui (; brother) ***Dong Ju (; brother) ***Dong Wu (; brother) ***Dong Yin (; sister) ***Dong Zhou (; sister) ***Dong Qian (; sister) **Dong Yangyu (; uncle)

Biography

Family

Royal of Tungning

Dong's descendants

Dong's family

References

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