Emperor Yuan of Liang

Facts

Reign

13 December 552 – 7 January 555 (4th ruler of Liang)

Length of reign

2 years

Born

16 September 508

Died

27 January 555

Age at accession

45

Age at death

47

Cause of death

ExecutedPut to death by a hostile power, a successor regime or a conqueror, as a public act

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

Emperor Jianwen of Liang

Successor

Xiao Yuanming

Era names

• 承聖 Chéngshèng (proclaimed 552)

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

2

Rebellions faced

2

Capital relocations

1