Qin Er Shi
Qin · Qin and Western Han · 2nd ruler
秦二世 Qín Èrshì嬴胡亥 Yíng Húhài
Wade–Giles: Ch'in Erh-shih · Ying Hu-hai
Reigned 210–207 BC (2 years)
Reigned 2 years (210–207 BC). Died by suicide at 23 (East Asian reckoning). 2nd ruler of Qin.
Facts
- Reign
- 210 BC – September 207 BC (2nd ruler of Qin)
- Length of reign
- 2 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- September 207 BC
- Age at accession
- 21
- Age at death
- 23
- Cause of death
- Suicide (incl. forced)Took their own life, including when driven to it by deposition or defeat, or when ordered to do so
- Path to the throne
- Installed by othersSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the choice was made by officials, the army, eunuchs, consort kin, an empress dowager or the imperial clan
- Predecessor
- Qin Shi Huang
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
- 0
- General amnesties
- 1
- Empresses installed
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 4
- Rebellions faced
- 8
- Capital relocations
- 0