Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou
Northern Zhou · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 2nd ruler
北周明帝 Běi Zhōu Míngdì宇文毓 Yǔwén Yù
Wade–Giles: Pei Chou Ming-ti · Yü-wen Yü
Reigned 559–560 (242 days)
Reigned 242 days (559–560). Assassinated at 27 (East Asian reckoning). 2nd ruler of Northern Zhou.
Facts
- Reign
- 1 October 559 – 30 May 560 (2nd ruler of Northern Zhou)
- Length of reign
- 242 days
- Born
- 534
- Died
- 30 May 560
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- 27
- Cause of death
- AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
- Path to the throne
- Installed by othersFounded the titleSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the choice was made by officials, the army, eunuchs, consort kin, an empress dowager or the imperial clan
- Predecessor
- 宇文覺 (did not claim the title of emperor)
- Successor
- Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou
- Era names
- 武成 Wǔchéng (proclaimed 559)
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
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Northern Zhou
- 2ndEmperor Ming of Northern Zhou北周明帝 Běi Zhōu Míngdì宇文毓 Yǔwén Yù559–560 · 242 days · Assassinated, age 27559–560242 daysAssassinated, age 27
- 3rdEmperor Wu of Northern Zhou北周武帝 Běi Zhōu Wǔdì宇文邕 Yǔwén Yōng560–578 · 18 years · Natural causes, age 36560–57818 yearsNatural causes, age 36
- 4thEmperor Xuan of Northern Zhou北周宣帝 Běi Zhōu Xuāndì宇文贇 Yǔwén Yūn578–580 · 2 years · Natural causes, age 22578–5802 yearsNatural causes, age 22
- 5thEmperor Jing of Northern Zhou北周靜帝 Běi Zhōu Jìngdì宇文闡 Yǔwén Chǎn579–581 · 1 year · Assassinated, age 9579–5811 yearAssassinated, age 9