About

Jump to

Relationships
Family
Associates
Similar

Zhang Xueliang (Chinese: 張學良, 3 June 1901 – 15 October 2001), formerly and still occasionally romanized as Chang Hsueh-liang, nicknamed the "Young Marshal" (少帥), known in his later life as Peter H. L. Chang, was the effective ruler of Northeast China and much of northern China after the assassination of his father, Zhang Zuolin (the "Old Marshal"), by the Japanese on 4 June 1928. He was an instigator of the 1936 Xi'an Incident, in which Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of China's ruling party, was arrested in order to force him to enter into a truce with the insurgent Communist Party of China and form a united front against Japan, which had occupied Manchuria. As a result, he spent over 50 years under house arrest, first in mainland China and then in Taiwan. He is regarded by the Communist Party of China as a patriotic hero for his role in the Xi'an Incident. He was also known for having an affair with Edda Mussolini.

Key details

edit section

Born	3 June 1901 Haicheng, Liaoning, China
Died	15 October 2001 (aged 100) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Zodiac	Gemini
Tags	Add tag

Family members

Parents

Zhang Zuolin · Father · 1875-1928 · President of the Republic of China edit info

expand_more

Add parent

Siblings

1 brother

Zhang Xueming · Brother · 1908-1983 · Chinese soldier and mayor edit info

expand_more

Add sibling

Other family members

Add family member

Connections

Friends & associates

Add friend/associate

Other relationships 1

Zhang Xueliang has also been romantically linked to:

Edda Mussolini 1910-1995 Benito Mussolini's daughter info edit view couple »

expand_more

Zhang Xueliang dating history

add

List
Detail
More

Edda Mussolini

Benito Mussolini's daughter

1

Unknown

view »

edit

edit

Children

No records found.

Scholars

expand_more