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Yao Hong

Later Qin · Sixteen Kingdoms · 3rd ruler

姚泓 Yáo Hóng

Wade–Giles: Yao Hung

Reigned 416–417 (1 year)

Reigned 1 year (416–417). Executed at 30 (East Asian reckoning). 3rd ruler of Later Qin.

Facts

Reign
416 – 417 (3rd ruler of Later Qin)
Length of reign
1 year
Born
Unknown
Died
417
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
30
Cause of death
ExecutedPut to death by a hostile power, a successor regime or a conqueror, as a public act
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
Yao Xing
Era names
  • 永和 Yǒnghé (proclaimed 416)

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
1
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
1
Rebellions suppressed
8
Rebellions faced
8
Capital relocations
0