Emperor Gaozong of Song

Facts

Reign (first)

12 June 1127 – 26 March 1129 (1st ruler of Southern Song)

Reign (restored)

20 April 1129 – 24 July 1162 (2nd ruler of Southern Song)

Length of reign

35 years

Born

12 June 1107

Died

9 November 1187

Age at accession

21

Age at death

81

Cause of death

Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)

Path to the throne

Proclaimed by supportersFounded the titleRestoredDid 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

趙旉 (did not claim the title of emperor) (restoration)

Successor

Emperor Xiaozong of Song

Era names

• 建炎 Jiànyán (proclaimed 1127)
• 紹興 Shàoxīng (proclaimed 1131)

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

2

General amnesties

20

Empresses installed

2

Crown princes deposed

0

Personal campaigns

3

Rebellions suppressed

81

Rebellions faced

114

Capital relocations

1