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Emperor Qianshao of Han

Western Han · Qin and Western Han · 3rd ruler

漢前少帝 Hàn Qiánshàodì

Wade–Giles: Han Ch'ien-shao-ti

Reigned 188–184 BC (3 years)

Reigned 3 years (188–184 BC). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 3rd ruler of Western Han.

Facts

Reign
19 October 188 BC – 15 June 184 BC (3rd ruler of Western Han)
Length of reign
3 years
Born
Unknown
Died
Unknown
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
Path to the throne
Installed by othersSucceeded 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

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
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Western Han

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