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Xiao Zhaoye

Southern Qi · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 3rd ruler

齊廢帝 Qí Fèidì蕭昭業 Xiāo Zhāoyè

Wade–Giles: Ch'i Fei-ti · Hsiao Chao-yeh

Reigned 493–494 (1 year)

Reigned 1 year (493–494). Assassinated at 21 (East Asian reckoning). 3rd ruler of Southern Qi.

Facts

Reign
27 August 493 – 5 September 494 (3rd ruler of Southern Qi)
Length of reign
1 year
Born
Unknown
Died
5 September 494
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
21
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
Path to the throne
Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
Successor
Xiao Zhaowen
Era names
  • 隆昌 Lóngchāng (proclaimed 494)

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
1
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0