Emperor Gao of Southern Qi

Facts

Reign

29 May 479 – 11 April 482 (1st ruler of Southern Qi)

Length of reign

2 years

Born

427

Died

11 April 482

Age at accession

Unknown

Age at death

56

Cause of death

Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)

Path to the throne

Abdication from another dynastyReceived the throne from an emperor of another family or regime in a change of dynasty led by the new emperor (e.g. Cao Pi, Yang Jian, Zhao Kuangyin)

Predecessor

Emperor Shun of Liu Song

Successor

Emperor Wu of Southern Qi

Era names

• 建元 Jiànyuán (proclaimed 479)

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

3

Empresses installed

0

Crown princes deposed

0

Personal campaigns

0

Rebellions suppressed

0

Rebellions faced

0

Capital relocations

0