In 1623, Dong was born in a
Jinjiang family with
scholar-official, and her father was Dong Yangxian, a politician of
Southern Ming. In 1642, Dong married
Koxinga and gave birth to
Zheng Jing. In 1649, Koxinga became
Prince of Yanping (); as the result, Dong became his
princess consort. In 1662, Koxinga defeated
Frederick Coyett and his army in the
Siege of Fort Zeelandia, and
Kingdom of Tungning was later built. After Koxinga died, Dong's son Zheng Jing won the succession to the
throne of Tungning by defeating Zheng Xi in a
civil war and Zheng Tai in a political struggle. In 1681, Dong died in
Tainan,
Taiwan. == Family ==