| House of Jiānhú 堅胡 | |
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| Ethnicity | Han Chinese |
| Place of birth |  Beiyang, China |
| Information | |
| Founder | King Zhōnghóu |
| Current Head | Queen Qiānxùn |
| Estate | Beiyang, China Harbin, China Liùshísì, China Zhengzhou, China Saint Petersburg, Russia Tsarytsin. Russia |
The House of Jiānhú (Chinese: 堅胡) is a royal family in China, descended from King Zhōnghóu. For most of China's modern history, they bear the titles King of the North and Queen of the North respectively.
The first such King of the Northern Realm was King Zhōnghóu (then-known by his courtesy name Zhang Xueliang), who like his father, Zhang Zuolin were both prominent northern warlords during the Warlord Era. However, beyond Zuolin, the Zhangs were an unknown and poor family were little formal education. Xueliang led the White Chinese state against the forces of the Kuomintang, or the Blue Chinese state, or "South China".
Xueliang was one of the key figures who facilitated the Beifang-Kuomintang Meetings with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, which ultimately led to the Unification of China, and the dangerous but successful Second Great Patriotic War against both the Western powers and the Russian Empire.
As a result, Zhang Xueliang was crowned the King of the North and given the royal name Zhōnghóu, his family blessed, as well as Chiang Kai-Shek - who was the King of the South and given the name Sūzhōng. After Zhōnghóu passed away, his daughter Crown Princess Tao inherited the throne as Queen Qiānxùn.
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