Zheng Zhilong

Zheng Zhilong (1604–1661), also known as Nicholas Iquan Gaspard, was a native of Nan'an, Fujian, China. He was a Chinese merchant, pirate and admiral for the Ming Empire. He was the father of Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), also a military leader. Under the Qing Dynasty, Zheng was elevated to the rank of Count of the Second Rank. His company was known as Iquan's Party.

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Iquan's Party
... (Chinese 一官黨) is the name of an armed merchant company led by Zheng Zhilong (also known by his baptismal name Nicholas Iquan Gaspard) that appears in the novel The chronicles of Zheng Zhilong ... Although Zheng Zhilong was a real person the company as it is portrayed in the novel is fictional and not an actual historical organisation ... According to the book Iquan's Party was the Zheng clan's trading fleet, which in general referred to Zheng Zhilong's armed merchant enterprise, more specifically this was made up of the Five ...
Zheng Zhilong - History - Surrender To Qing
... In 1646, Zheng decided to defect to the Manchus leaving the passes of Zhejiang unguarded, allowing Manchu forces to capture Fuzhou ... As a result of the Manchu victory, Zheng was greatly rewarded and retired very wealthy ...
Southern Ming Dynasty - The Prince of Tang and The Longwu Reign
... Protected by general Zheng Hongkui, on July 10 he proclaimed his intention to become regent of the Ming dynasty, a title that he formally received on July 29, a few days after reaching Fuzhou ... In Fuzhou, the Longwu Emperor was under the protection of Zheng Zhilong, a seatrader with exceptional organizational skills who had surrendered to the ... The Longwu emperor, who was childless, adopted Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, granted him the imperial surname, and gave him a new personal name Chenggong ...
Koxinga - Family
... Zheng Chenggong’s short but eventful career was characterised by family tension and conflicting loyalties ... The title of Koxinga ("Lord of the Imperial Surname") was one that Zheng himself used during his lifetime to emphasize his status as an adopted son of the deposed imperial house, and hence it was ... In contrast, Koxinga’s father Zheng Zhilong left his Japanese wife not long after the birth of his son Koxinga would be a boy of seven when he finally joined his father ...