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Wanyan Yongji

Jin · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 7th ruler

金衛紹王 Jīn Wèishàowáng完顏永濟 Wányán Yǒngjì

Wade–Giles: Chin Wei-shao-wang · Wan-yen Yung-chi

Reigned 1208–1213 (4 years)

Reigned 4 years (1208–1213). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 7th ruler of Jin.

Facts

Reign
29 December 1208 – 11 September 1213 (7th ruler of Jin)
Length of reign
4 years
Born
Unknown
Died
Unknown
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
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
  • 大安 Dà'ān (proclaimed 1209)
  • 崇慶 Chóngqìng (proclaimed 1212)
  • 至寧 Zhìníng (proclaimed 1213)

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
2
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
2
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Jin

All 10 emperors of Jin