Liu Jiyuan
Northern Han · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 4th ruler
北漢英武帝 Běi Hàn Yīngwǔdì劉繼元 Liú Jìyuán
Wade–Giles: Pei Han Ying-wu-ti · Liu Chi-yüan
Reigned 968–979 (10 years)
Reigned 10 years (968–979). Died of natural causes; age at death unknown. 4th ruler of Northern Han.
Facts
- Reign
- October 968 – 3 June 979 (4th ruler of Northern Han)
- Length of reign
- 10 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 25 January 992
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- Unknown
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- 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
- Liu Ji'en
- Era names
- 廣運 Guǎngyùn
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
- 0
- Empresses installed
- 2
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 0
- 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