Liu Chong
Northern Han · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 1st ruler
北漢世祖 Běi Hàn Shìzǔ劉崇 Liú Chóng
Wade–Giles: Pei Han Shih-tsu · Liu Ch'ung
Reigned 951–954 (3 years)
Reigned 3 years (951–954). Died at 60 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 1st ruler of Northern Han.
Facts
- Reign
- 24 February 951 – December 954 (1st ruler of Northern Han)
- Length of reign
- 3 years
- Born
- 895
- Died
- December 954
- Age at accession
- 57
- Age at death
- 60
- 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 Jun
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
- 0
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 2
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Northern Han
- 1stLiu Chong北漢世祖 Běi Hàn Shìzǔ劉崇 Liú Chóng951–954 · 3 years · Natural causes, age 60951–9543 yearsNatural causes, age 60
- 2ndLiu Jun北漢睿宗 Běi Hàn Ruìzōng劉鈞 Liú Jūn954–968 · 13 years · Natural causes, age 43954–96813 yearsNatural causes, age 43
- 3rdLiu Ji'en劉繼恩 Liú Jì'ēn968 · 61 days · Assassinated, age 3496861 daysAssassinated, age 34
- 4thLiu Jiyuan北漢英武帝 Běi Hàn Yīngwǔdì劉繼元 Liú Jìyuán968–979 · 10 years · Natural causes968–97910 yearsNatural causes