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Liu Shouguang

Yan (Liu Shouguang) · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 1st ruler

劉守光 Liú Shǒuguāng

Wade–Giles: Liu Shou-kuang

Reigned 911–914 (2 years)

Reigned 2 years (911–914). Executed; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Yan (Liu Shouguang).

Facts

Reign
8 September 911 – 4 January 914 (1st ruler of Yan (Liu Shouguang))
Length of reign
2 years
Born
Unknown
Died
16 February 914
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
ExecutedPut to death by a hostile power, a successor regime or a conqueror, as a public act
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)
Era names
  • 應天 Yīngtiān (proclaimed 911)

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
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0