father predecessor successor succession house mother death_date birth_date spouse issue image article_title name reign
yongle yongle xuande 4th ming emperor house of zhu empress renxiaowen 29 may 1425 16 august 1378 empress chengxiaozhao xuande prince jing of yue zhanyin , prince xian of qi zhanxun zhanshan , prince xian of xiang zhangang , prince xian , of jing zhanyu , prince jing of huai zhankai , prince prince huai of teng zhanji , prince zhuang of liang jing zhanyan , prince gong of wei princess jiaxing yuantong , of princess qingdou princess qinghe princess de'an princess yanping princess deqing zheng princess zhending zhanyong , 明仁宗.jpg hongxi emperor
 hongxi emperor 7 september 1424 -- 29 may 1425
hongxi emperor

the hongxi emperor -lrb- 洪熙 ; 16 august 1378 -- 29 may 1425 -rrb- , personal name zhu gaochi -lrb- 朱高熾 -rrb- , was the fourth emperor of the ming dynasty of china .
he succeeded his father , the yongle emperor , in 1424 .
his era name means `` vastly bright '' .
