Prince of Xing
Prince of Xing, was a first-rank princely peerage used during Ming dynasty, the princedom was created by the Chenghua Emperor for his fourth son, Zhu Youyuan. As Zhu Youyuan only survived son, Zhu Houcong was enthroned as Jiajing Emperor, the princedom was absorbed into the crown.
Generation name / poem
As members of this peerage were descendants of Yongle Emperor, their generation poem was:-Members
Zhu Youyuan, the Chenghua Emperor's fourth son. He was made the Prince of Xing by his father on 30 July 1487 and he held the title until his death on 13 July 1519. He claimed his fiefdom which located at Anlu Prefecture in 1494. Before he was posthumously honored as an emperor, his original posthumous name was Prince Xian of Xing- *Unnamed, Zhu Youyuan's first son, he died five days after he was born. He was then posthumously bestowed him with the title "Prince Huai of Yue" in 1525. and renamed "Zhu Houxi" on May 1560 by the Jiajing Emperor.
- * Zhu Houcong, he managed the princedom as Hereditary Prince of Xing as he was mourning for three years for his father's death. The imperial court approved him to succeed the princedom for succeeded the throne from the Zhengde Emperor. Before he enthroned, he had held the title of Prince of Xing for a month.
Female members
- Zhu Youyuan, first Prince of Xing
- *Name unknown, Zhu Youyuan's first daughter and full-sister to the Jiajing Emperor. She was posthumously bestowed as a first-rank princess by Jiajing Emperor under the title "Princess Changning".
- *Name unknown, Zhu Youyuan's second daughter she and half-sister to the Jiajing Emperor. She was posthumously bestowed as a first-rank princess by Jiajing Emperor with the title "Princess Shanhua".
- *Name unknown, Zhu Youyuan's third daughter, she was originally held the title of a princess commandery under the title Princess Changshou Comm.. She was promoted to a first-rank princess in 1523 by the Jiajing Emperor under the title Princess Yongfu. She married an Embroidered Uniform Guard name Wu Jinghe. The History of Ming wrongly recorded her as a daughter of the Hongzhi Emperor.
- *Name unknown, Zhu Youyuan's fourth daughter and full-sister to the Jiajing Emperor. She was promoted to the title of first-rank princess by the Jiajing Emperor in 1527 under the title Princess Yongchun.