Mao Fumei
First wife of Chiang Kai-shek (1882–1939)
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Mao Fumei (Chinese: 毛福梅; pinyin: Máo Fúméi, 9 November 1882 – 12 December 1939) was the first wife of Chiang Kai-shek, and the biological mother of Chiang Ching-Kuo.
Born9 November 1882
Died12 December 1939 (aged 57)
Xikou, Zhejiang, Republic of China
Spouse
ChildrenChiang Ching-kuo
Mao Fumei | |
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| Born | 9 November 1882 |
| Died | 12 December 1939 (aged 57) Xikou, Zhejiang, Republic of China |
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| Children | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| Father | Mao Dinghe (毛鼎和) |
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| Chinese | 毛福梅 | ||||||||
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Mao was born in Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and, like most women of the era, she was illiterate. She married Chiang Kai-shek in an arranged marriage in 1901.[1][2] When Chiang came back from Japan, he divorced her in 1921.[3] She was killed in 1939 in a Japanese air raid on the Chiang family home in Xikou.[4]
