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Emperor Aizong of Jin

Jin · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 9th ruler

金哀宗 Jīn Āizōng完顏守緒 Wányán Shǒuxù

Wade–Giles: Chin Ai-tsung · Wan-yen Shou-hsü

Reigned 1224–1234 (10 years)

Reigned 10 years (1224–1234). Died by suicide at 37 (East Asian reckoning). 9th ruler of Jin.

Facts

Reign
15 January 1224 – 9 February 1234 (9th ruler of Jin)
Length of reign
10 years
Born
25 September 1198
Died
9 February 1234
Age at accession
26
Age at death
37
Cause of death
Suicide (incl. forced)Took their own life, including when driven to it by deposition or defeat, or when ordered to do so
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.)
Era names
  • 正大 Zhèngdà (proclaimed 1224)
  • 開興 Kāixīng (proclaimed 1232)
  • 天興 Tiānxīng (proclaimed 1232)

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
3
General amnesties
4
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
3
Rebellions faced
13
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Jin

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