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Gao Heng

Northern Qi · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 6th ruler

北齊幼主 Běi Qí Yòuzhǔ高恆 Gāo Héng

Wade–Giles: Pei Ch'i Yu-chu · Kao Heng

Reigned 577 (20 days)

Reigned 20 days (577). Executed; age at death unknown. 6th ruler of Northern Qi.

Facts

Reign
4 February 577 – 24 February 577 (6th ruler of Northern Qi)
Length of reign
20 days
Born
June 570
Died
Unknown
Age at accession
8
Age at death
Unknown
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
Gao Wei
Era names
  • 承光 Chéngguāng (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
1
General amnesties
1
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0