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Emperor Xuanzong of Jin

Jin · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 8th ruler

金宣宗 Jīn Xuānzōng完顏珣 Wányán Xún

Wade–Giles: Chin Hsüan-tsung · Wan-yen Hsün

Reigned 1213–1224 (10 years)

Reigned 10 years (1213–1224). Died at 61 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 8th ruler of Jin.

Facts

Reign
22 September 1213 – 14 January 1224 (8th ruler of Jin)
Length of reign
10 years
Born
1163
Died
14 January 1224
Age at accession
51
Age at death
61
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
Predecessor
Wanyan Yongji
Era names
  • 貞祐 Zhēnyòu (proclaimed 1213)
  • 興定 Xīngdìng (proclaimed 1217)
  • 元光 Yuánguāng (proclaimed 1222)

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
9
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
20
Rebellions faced
26
Capital relocations
1

Emperors of Jin

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