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Shaowu Emperor

Southern Ming · Ming

紹武帝 Shàowǔ Dì朱聿𨮁 Zhū Yùyuè

Wade–Giles: Shao-wu Emperor · Chu Yü-yüeh

Reigned 1646–1647 (40 days)

Reigned 40 days (1646–1647). Age at death unknown; cause of death disputed.

Facts

Reign
11 December 1646 – 20 January 1647
Length of reign
40 days
Born
Unknown
Died
20 January 1647
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
DisputedPrimary sources or accepted accounts conflict and cannot be narrowed to one
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)
Predecessor
Longwu Emperor
Era names
  • 紹武 Shàowǔ (proclaimed 1646)

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