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Emperor Lizong of Song

Portrait of Emperor Lizong of Song

Southern Song · Song · 6th ruler

宋理宗 Sòng Lǐzōng趙昀 Zhào Yún

Wade–Giles: Sung Li-tsung · Chao Yün

Reigned 1224–1264 (40 years)

Reigned 40 years (1224–1264). Died of natural causes; age at death unknown. 6th ruler of Southern Song.

Facts

Reign
17 September 1224 – 16 November 1264 (6th ruler of Southern Song)
Length of reign
40 years
Born
26 January 1205
Died
16 November 1264
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
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
Era names
  • 寶慶 Bǎoqìng (proclaimed 1225)
  • 紹定 Shàodìng (proclaimed 1227)
  • 端平 Duānpíng (proclaimed 1233)
  • 嘉熙 Jiāxī (proclaimed 1237)
  • 淳祐 Chúnyòu (proclaimed 1240)
  • 寶祐 Bǎoyòu (proclaimed 1252)
  • 開慶 Kāiqìng (proclaimed 1258)
  • 景定 Jǐngdìng (proclaimed 1260)

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
8
General amnesties
21
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
9
Rebellions faced
14
Capital relocations
0