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Murong Jun

Former Yan · Sixteen Kingdoms · 2nd ruler

前燕景昭帝 Qián Yàn Jǐngzhāodì慕容儁 Mùróng Jùn

Wade–Giles: Ch'ien Yen Ching-chao-ti · Mu-jung Chün

Reigned 352–360 (7 years)

Reigned 7 years (352–360). Died at 42 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 2nd ruler of Former Yan.

Facts

Reign
352 – 23 February 360 (2nd ruler of Former Yan)
Length of reign
7 years
Born
Unknown
Died
360
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
42
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
Path to the throne
Designated heirFounded the titleSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
Predecessor
慕容皝 (did not claim the title of emperor)
Successor
Murong Wei
Era names
  • 元璽 Yuánxǐ (proclaimed 352)
  • 光壽 Guāngshòu (proclaimed 357)

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
3
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
2
Rebellions faced
2
Capital relocations
1