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Li Xiong

Portrait of Li Xiong

Cheng Han · Sixteen Kingdoms · 3rd ruler

成漢武帝 Chéng Hàn Wǔdì李雄 Lǐ Xióng

Wade–Giles: Ch'eng Han Wu-ti · Li Hsiung

Reigned 306–334 (28 years)

Reigned 28 years (306–334). Died at 61 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 3rd ruler of Cheng Han.

Facts

Reign
306 – 11 August 334 (3rd ruler of Cheng Han)
Length of reign
28 years
Born
Unknown
Died
334
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
61
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
Path to the throne
Self-proclaimedFounded the titleClaimed the imperial title without receiving the throne from an earlier ruler (e.g. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Hongwu Emperor)
Successor
Li Ban
Era names
  • 晏平 Yànpíng
  • 玉衡 Yùhéng

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
3
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
1
Rebellions suppressed
4
Rebellions faced
4
Capital relocations
0