Zhang Bangchang
Chu (Zhang Bangchang) · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 1st ruler
張邦昌 Zhāng Bāngchāng
Wade–Giles: Chang Pang-ch'ang
Reigned 1127 (33 days)
Reigned 33 days (1127). Died by suicide at 47 (East Asian reckoning). 1st ruler of Chu (Zhang Bangchang).
Facts
- Reign
- 20 April 1127 – 23 May 1127 (1st ruler of Chu (Zhang Bangchang))
- Length of reign
- 33 days
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 1 November 1127
- Age at accession
- 47
- Age at death
- 47
- Cause of death
- Suicide (incl. forced)Took their own life, including when driven to it by deposition or defeat, or when ordered to do so
- Path to the throne
- Proclaimed by supportersFounded the titleDid not receive the throne from an earlier ruler, and did not claim it on their own initiative but was set up by others (e.g. the emperors of the Southern Ming)
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
- 0
- General amnesties
- 1
- Empresses installed
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 1
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0