Queen Dong

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Dong You, Queen of Tungning
Princess Consort of Yanping
Tenure	1649 - 1662 (13 years)
Queen dowager of Tungning
Tenure	1662 - 1681 (19 years)
Born	17 October 1623 Jinjiang, Fujian, China
Died	30 July 1681 (aged 57) Tainan, Taiwan
Burial	, Nan'an, Fujian (after 1683)
Spouse	Koxinga
Issue	Zheng Jing,
House	The House of Koxinga
Father

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.

Biography[]

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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 (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.

Family[]

Royal of Tungning[]

Dong's descendants[]

1. Zheng Jing (鄭經; Prince Wen of Chao & Prince of Yanping)
   1. Zheng Kezang (鄭克