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*''Reign: [[1436]]-[[1449]]; [[1456]]-[[1465]]''
*''Other Names'': 英宗 ''(Yīngzōng)''
*''Chinese'': 正統帝 ''(Zhèngtǒngdì)'', 天順帝 ''(Tiānshùn)''
Ming Yingzong ruled as the sixth emperor of China's [[Ming Dynasty]], as the Zhengtong Emperor, returning to the throne as the Tianshun Emperor after seven and a half years imprisonment.
The Ming fought the [[Mongols]] on and off throughout much of the first century or so of the dynasty; in the 1440s, the conflict became particularly severe, and in [[1449]] the Mongols managed to capture the Zhengtong Emperor, keeping him captive for roughly one year. In his absence, Yingzong's brother took the throne as the [[Jingtai Emperor]] (Ming Taizong), and after Yingzong managed to return to [[Beijing]], Jingtai then placed him under confinement in the palace for six and a half years while he retained the throne.
Yingzong then returned to the throne in [[1456]], taking a new reign name, as the Tianshun Emperor.
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Xuande Emperor]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]]<br>[[1436]]-[[1449]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Jingtai Emperor]]'''
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''Jingtai Emperor'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Ming<br>[[1456]]-[[1465]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Changsha Emperor]]'''
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==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, et al, ''A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations'', Fourth Edition, Cengage Learning (2012), 246.
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[[Category:Muromachi Period]]