Gao Wei
Northern Qi · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 5th ruler
北齊後主 Běi Qí Hòuzhǔ高緯 Gāo Wěi
Wade–Giles: Pei Ch'i Hou-chu · Kao Wei
Reigned 565–577 (11 years)
Reigned 11 years (565–577). Executed at 22 (East Asian reckoning). 5th ruler of Northern Qi.
Facts
- Reign
- 8 June 565 – 4 February 577 (5th ruler of Northern Qi)
- Length of reign
- 11 years
- Born
- 29 May 556
- Died
- November 577
- Age at accession
- 10
- Age at death
- 22
- Cause of death
- ExecutedPut to death by a hostile power, a successor regime or a conqueror, as a public act
- Path to the throne
- Abdication within the dynastyThe previous emperor of the same regime handed over the throne while still alive (e.g. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Jiaqing Emperor, Emperor Aizong of Jin)
- Predecessor
- Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi
- Successor
- Gao Yanzong, Gao Heng
- Era names
- 天統 Tiāntǒng (proclaimed 565)
- 武平 Wǔpíng (proclaimed 570)
- 隆化 Lónghuà (proclaimed 577)
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
- 3
- General amnesties
- 10
- Empresses installed
- 3
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 1
- Rebellions suppressed
- 4
- Rebellions faced
- 5
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Northern Qi
- 1stEmperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi北齊文宣帝 Běi Qí Wénxuāndì高洋 Gāo Yáng550–559 · 9 years · Natural causes, age 31550–5599 yearsNatural causes, age 31
- 2ndEmperor Fei of Northern Qi北齊廢帝 Běi Qí Fèidì高殷 Gāo Yīn559–560 · 279 days · Assassinated, age 17559–560279 daysAssassinated, age 17
- 3rdEmperor Xiaozhao of Northern Qi北齊孝昭帝 Běi Qí Xiàozhāodì高演 Gāo Yǎn560–561 · 1 year · Natural causes, age 27560–5611 yearNatural causes, age 27
- 4thEmperor Wucheng of Northern Qi北齊武成帝 Běi Qí Wǔchéngdì高湛 Gāo Zhàn561–565 · 3 years · Natural causes, age 32561–5653 yearsNatural causes, age 32
- 5thGao Wei北齊後主 Běi Qí Hòuzhǔ高緯 Gāo Wěi565–577 · 11 years · Executed, age 22565–57711 yearsExecuted, age 22
- Gao Yanzong高延宗 Gāo Yánzōng577 · 3 days · Executed5773 daysExecuted
- 6thGao Heng北齊幼主 Běi Qí Yòuzhǔ高恆 Gāo Héng577 · 20 days · Executed57720 daysExecuted
- Gao Shaoyi高紹義 Gāo Shàoyì578–580 · 2 years · Unknown578–5802 yearsUnknown