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Yuan Hao

Northern Wei · Northern and Southern Dynasties

元顥 Yuán Hào

Wade–Giles: Yüan Hao

Reigned 529 (102 days)

Reigned 102 days (529). Killed in battle; age at death unknown.

Facts

Reign
May 529 – 11 August 529
Length of reign
102 days
Born
Unknown
Died
11 August 529
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
Killed in battleDied in combat, whether on campaign, in defense or while suppressing a revolt
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
  • 孝基 Xiàojī (proclaimed 529)
  • 建武 Jiànwǔ (proclaimed 529)

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
2
General amnesties
1
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
1
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Northern Wei

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