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Emperor Fei of Northern Qi

Northern Qi · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 2nd ruler

北齊廢帝 Běi Qí Fèidì高殷 Gāo Yīn

Wade–Giles: Pei Ch'i Fei-ti · Kao Yin

Reigned 559–560 (279 days)

Reigned 279 days (559–560). Assassinated at 17 (East Asian reckoning). 2nd ruler of Northern Qi.

Facts

Reign
4 December 559 – 8 September 560 (2nd ruler of Northern Qi)
Length of reign
279 days
Born
Unknown
Died
October 561
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
17
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
Path to the throne
Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
Era names
  • 乾明 Qiánmíng (proclaimed 560)

Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.

During the reign

Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted

Era name changes
1
General amnesties
1
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0