Murong De
Southern Yan · Sixteen Kingdoms · 1st ruler
南燕獻武帝 Nán Yàn Xiànwǔdì慕容德 Mùróng Dé
Wade–Giles: Nan Yen Hsien-wu-ti · Mu-jung Te
Reigned 400–405 (5 years)
Reigned 5 years (400–405). Died at 70 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 1st ruler of Southern Yan.
Facts
- Reign
- 400 – 405 (1st ruler of Southern Yan)
- Length of reign
- 5 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 405
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- 70
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- Path to the throne
- Self-proclaimedFounded the titleClaimed the imperial title without receiving the throne from an earlier ruler (e.g. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Hongwu Emperor)
- Successor
- Murong Chao
- Era names
- 建平 Jiànpíng (proclaimed 400)
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
- 2
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 2
- Rebellions faced
- 2
- Capital relocations
- 0