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Apr 16, 1604 Nan'an, Fujian, China Died on 24 Nov 1661 (aged 57)
Chinese merchant, pirate, admiral
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About Zheng Zhilong
- Zheng Zhilong, Marquis of Tong'an and Nan'an (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zheng Zhilong; Wade–Giles: Ching Chih-lung; 1604–1661), baptised as Nicholas Iquan Gaspard, was a merchant, pirate, political and military leader in the late Ming dynasty who later defected to the Qing dynasty.
- He was from Nan'an, Fujian.
- He was the father of Koxinga, Prince of Yanping, the founder of the pro-Ming Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan, and as such an ancestor of the House of Koxinga.
- After his defection, he was given noble titles by the Qing government, but was eventually executed because of his son's continued resistance against the Qing regime.
