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Emperor Huan of Han

Eastern Han · 11th ruler

漢桓帝 Hàn Huándì劉志 Liú Zhì

Wade–Giles: Han Huan-ti · Liu Chih

Reigned 146–168 (21 years)

Reigned 21 years (146–168). Died at 36 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 11th ruler of Eastern Han.

Facts

Reign
1 August 146 – 25 January 168 (11th ruler of Eastern Han)
Length of reign
21 years
Born
132
Died
25 January 168
Age at accession
15
Age at death
36
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
  • 建和 Jiànhé (proclaimed 147)
  • 和平 Hépíng (proclaimed 150)
  • 元嘉 Yuánjiā (proclaimed 151)
  • 永興 Yǒngxīng (proclaimed 153)
  • 永壽 Yǒngshòu (proclaimed 155)
  • 延熹 Yánxī (proclaimed 158)
  • 永康 Yǒngkāng (proclaimed 167)

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
7
General amnesties
14
Empresses installed
3
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
31
Rebellions faced
31
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Eastern Han

All 14 emperors of Eastern Han