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Hongguang Emperor
The Hongguang Emperor (1607–1646), Zhu Yousong, Prince of Fu, was the first emperor of the Southern Ming. Enthroned at Nanjing in 1644 after the Chongzhen Emperor's suicide, he presided over a court divided by factional struggles while the Qing advanced. When Qing forces crossed the Yangtze in 1645 he fled, was captured and taken to Beijing, where he was executed in 1646.
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