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Liu Penzi

Han (Red Eyebrows) · Xin to early Eastern Han · 1st ruler

漢建世帝 Hàn Jiànshìdì劉盆子 Liú Pénzi

Wade–Giles: Han Chien-shih-ti · Liu P'en-tzu

Reigned 25–27 (1 year)

Reigned 1 year (25–27). Age and cause of death unknown. 1st ruler of Han (Red Eyebrows).

Facts

Reign
25 – 15 March 27 (1st ruler of Han (Red Eyebrows))
Length of reign
1 year
Born
11
Died
Unknown
Age at accession
15
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
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
  • 建世 Jiànshì (proclaimed 25)

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
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0