Seven of the most fertile emperors in history

Mondo History Updated on 2024-02-07

1.Song Huizong Zhao Ji: 38 sons and 42 daughters.

Zhao Ji was the source of the Northern Song Dynasty's demise, and although the last emperor was his son Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong, the throne was passed on by Zhao Ji in order to evade responsibility. Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, and most of the members of the Northern Song royal family were eventually captured by the Jin soldiers. The child under the name of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, born after being captured, is most likely not his real heir, but born to Jin Ren and his concubine.

2.Tang Xuanzong Li Longji: 30 sons and 29 daughters.

Li Longji is the third son of Tang Ruizong Li Dan, and also the grandson of Wu Zetian, the reason why his temple name is Xuanzong is because his emperor experience is indeed very "Xuan", which not only created the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, but also led to the Anshi Rebellion, and gave birth to 59 children successively, promoting his fertility to be strong, there is a question why he and the most favored Yang Guifei have no children?

3.Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty: 35 sons and 20 daughters.

Emperor Kangxi was the second emperor of the Qing Dynasty to enter the customs, laying the foundation for the Qing Dynasty to consolidate the great unified dynasty, and was also the founder of the prosperous era of Kang Yongqian. The consequence of Emperor Kangxi's many heirs was that the nine sons seized the heirs, and the sons competed for the throne, which made the Kangxi Emperor in his later years anxious, and finally the fourth prince Yinzhen became the successor, that is, the Yongzheng Emperor.

4.Tang Shunzong Li Chan: 28 (27) sons, 23 (11) daughters.

Li Yu is the eleventh emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he is most famous for reusing Wang Shuwen and other reforms, but in the end failed, because of poor health, Tang Shunzong died at the age of 46, from the succession to death, only more than a year, he was both the emperor, but also forced to become the emperor, the emperor did a nest, fortunately, there are a lot of children.

5.Chen Yidi Chen Ji: 42 sons and 6 daughters (one says 24 daughters).

Chen Baxian is the nephew of Chen Baxian, the founding emperor of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Baxian is also very daring to use his surname as the country name, but Chen Baxian's son has no chance to succeed to the throne at all, because the crown prince Chen Chang was also detained as a hostage in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so he can only let his brother's son Chen Qian succeed to the throne, Chen Qian is Chen Qian's younger brother, and finally took the throne of his nephew, and his son Chen Shubao is the last emperor of the Chen Dynasty.

6.Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang: 26 sons, 16 daughters.

Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and because of the famine, his parents and most of the relatives in his family died, and he became a monk himself. In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, he gradually became the leader of the rebel army and established his own dynasty. Among his sons, Zhu Di, the fourth son of the emperor, eventually became the emperor, that is, Ming Chengzu.

7.Tang Gaozu Li Yuan: 22 sons and 19 daughters.

Although Li Yuan was the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it was Li Shimin who normally conquered the world. His aunt is the empress of Emperor Wen of Sui, he and Yang Guang are both the grandsons of Dugu Xin, and they belong to the world of their aunt and cousin, and Li Yuan fortunately did not kill the Yang family. The most criticized thing about Li Yuan is that the storage position is uncertain, which led to the change of Xuanwumen, and finally his eldest son and fourth son were killed, and his grandson also died tragically, and he became a nominal emperor. As the emperor, he can still give Li Shimin's younger brother, and his heart is quite big.

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