Xiao Cong
Western Liang · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 3rd ruler
西梁後主 Xī Liáng Hòuzhǔ蕭琮 Xiāo Cóng
Wade–Giles: Hsi Liang Hou-chu · Hsiao Ts'ung
Reigned 585–587 (2 years)
Reigned 2 years (585–587). Died of natural causes; age at death unknown. 3rd ruler of Western Liang.
Facts
- Reign
- 1 July 585 – 26 October 587 (3rd ruler of Western Liang)
- Length of reign
- 2 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- Unknown
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- Unknown
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- Path to the throne
- Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
- Predecessor
- Emperor Ming of Western Liang
- Era names
- 廣運 Guǎngyùn (proclaimed 585)
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
- 0
- Empresses installed
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Western Liang
- 1stEmperor Xuan of Western Liang西梁宣帝 Xī Liáng Xuāndì蕭詧 Xiāo Chá555–562 · 7 years · Natural causes, age 44555–5627 yearsNatural causes, age 44
- 2ndEmperor Ming of Western Liang西梁明帝 Xī Liáng Míngdì蕭巋 Xiāo Kuī562–585 · 23 years · Natural causes, age 44562–58523 yearsNatural causes, age 44
- 3rdXiao Cong西梁後主 Xī Liáng Hòuzhǔ蕭琮 Xiāo Cóng585–587 · 2 years · Natural causes585–5872 yearsNatural causes