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Emperor Qinzong of Song

Portrait of Emperor Qinzong of Song

Northern Song · Song · 9th ruler

宋欽宗 Sòng Qīnzōng趙桓 Zhào Huán

Wade–Giles: Sung Ch'in-tsung · Chao Huan

Reigned 1126–1127 (1 year)

Reigned 1 year (1126–1127). Died at 57 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 9th ruler of Northern Song.

Facts

Reign
19 January 1126 – 20 March 1127 (9th ruler of Northern Song)
Length of reign
1 year
Born
1100
Died
June 1156
Age at accession
26
Age at death
57
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
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)
Era names
  • 靖康 Jìngkāng (proclaimed 1126)

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
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
1
Rebellions faced
2
Capital relocations
0