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Xiao Zhengde

Liang · Northern and Southern Dynasties

蕭正德 Xiāo Zhèngdé

Wade–Giles: Hsiao Cheng-te

Reigned 548–549 (147 days)

Reigned 147 days (548–549). Assassinated; age at death unknown.

Facts

Reign
December 548 – 27 April 549
Length of reign
147 days
Born
Unknown
Died
8 August 549
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
Proclaimed by supportersFounded the titleDid not receive the throne from an earlier ruler, and did not claim it on their own initiative but was set up by others (e.g. the emperors of the Southern Ming)
Era names
  • 正平 Zhèngpíng

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
1
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0