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Emperor An of Han

Eastern Han · 6th ruler

漢安帝 Hàn Āndì劉祜 Liú Hù

Wade–Giles: Han An-ti · Liu Hu

Reigned 106–125 (18 years)

Reigned 18 years (106–125). Died at 32 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 6th ruler of Eastern Han.

Facts

Reign
23 September 106 – 30 April 125 (6th ruler of Eastern Han)
Length of reign
18 years
Born
94
Died
30 April 125
Age at accession
13
Age at death
32
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
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
Era names
  • 永初 Yǒngchū (proclaimed 107)
  • 元初 Yuánchū (proclaimed 114)
  • 永寧 Yǒngníng (proclaimed 120)
  • 建光 Jiànguāng (proclaimed 121)
  • 延光 Yánguāng (proclaimed 122)

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
5
General amnesties
10
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
1
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
14
Rebellions faced
14
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Eastern Han

All 14 emperors of Eastern Han