Xiao Dong
Liang · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 3rd ruler
梁廢帝 Liáng Fèidì蕭棟 Xiāo Dòng
Wade–Giles: Liang Fei-ti · Hsiao Tung
Reigned 551–552 (87 days)
Reigned 87 days (551–552). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 3rd ruler of Liang.
Facts
- Reign
- 6 October 551 – 1 January 552 (3rd ruler of Liang)
- Length of reign
- 87 days
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 2 May 552
- 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
- Predecessor
- Emperor Jianwen of Liang
- Successor
- Hou Jing
- Era names
- 天正 Tiānzhèng (proclaimed 551)
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
- 1
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Liang
- 1stEmperor Wu of Liang梁武帝 Liáng Wǔdì蕭衍 Xiāo Yǎn502–549 · 47 years · Natural causes, age 86502–54947 yearsNatural causes, age 86
- Xiao Zhengde蕭正德 Xiāo Zhèngdé548–549 · 147 days · Assassinated548–549147 daysAssassinated
- 2ndEmperor Jianwen of Liang梁簡文帝 Liáng Jiǎnwéndì蕭綱 Xiāo Gāng549–551 · 2 years · Assassinated, age 49549–5512 yearsAssassinated, age 49
- 3rdXiao Dong梁廢帝 Liáng Fèidì蕭棟 Xiāo Dòng551–552 · 87 days · Assassinated551–55287 daysAssassinated
- 4thEmperor Yuan of Liang梁元帝 Liáng Yuándì蕭繹 Xiāo Yì552–555 · 2 years · Executed, age 47552–5552 yearsExecuted, age 47
- Xiao Ji蕭紀 Xiāo Jì552–553 · 1 year · Executed, age 46552–5531 yearExecuted, age 46
- 5thEmperor Jing of Liang梁敬帝 Liáng Jìngdì蕭方智 Xiāo Fāngzhì555–557 · 2 years · Assassinated, age 16555–5572 yearsAssassinated, age 16
- Xiao Yuanming蕭淵明 Xiāo Yuānmíng555 · 58 days · Natural causes55558 daysNatural causes
- Xiao Zhuang蕭莊 Xiāo Zhuāng558–560 · 1 year · Unknown558–5601 yearUnknown