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Yuan Lang

Northern Wei · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 11th ruler

元朗 Yuán Lǎng

Wade–Giles: Yüan Lang

Reigned 531–532 (219 days)

Reigned 219 days (531–532). Assassinated at 20 (East Asian reckoning). 11th ruler of Northern Wei.

Facts

Reign
31 October 531 – 6 June 532 (11th ruler of Northern Wei)
Length of reign
219 days
Born
Unknown
Died
26 December 532
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
20
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
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)
Era names
  • 中興 Zhōngxīng (proclaimed 531)

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

Emperors of Northern Wei

All 18 emperors of Northern Wei