Liu Yuan

Han Zhao · Sixteen Kingdoms · 1st ruler

前趙光文帝 Qián Zhào Guāngwéndì劉淵 Liú Yuān

Wade–Giles: Ch'ien Chao Kuang-wen-ti · Liu Yüan

Reigned 308–310 (2 years)

Reigned 2 years (308–310). Died of natural causes; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Han Zhao.

Facts

Reign: 308 – 29 August 310 (1st ruler of Han Zhao)
Length of reign: 2 years
Born: Unknown
Died: 29 August 310
Age at accession: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
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: Liu He
Era names: 永鳳 Yǒngfèng (proclaimed 308)
河瑞 Héruì

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

Emperors of Han Zhao

All 5 emperors of Han Zhao