Ruler · High and Late Middle Ages · China
Hongwu Emperor
1328–1398
Founder of China's Ming dynasty, reigning from 1368 to 1398, born Zhu Yuanzhang in 1328 to a poor peasant family. He rose through the Red Turban rebellion, drove the Mongol Yuan dynasty out of China, and made Nanjing his capital. His rule restored Han Chinese government after nearly a century of Mongol rule.
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- Born
- 1328.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hongwu
- Died
- 1398.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hongwu
- Reign
- 1368 to 1398.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hongwu
- Realm
- Ming dynasty China.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hongwu
- Known for
- Founding the Ming and expelling the Mongols from China.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hongwu
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