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Wang Jipeng

Min · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 5th ruler

閩康宗 Mǐn Kāngzōng王繼鵬 Wáng Jìpéng

Wade–Giles: Min K'ang-tsung · Wang Chi-p'eng

Reigned 935–939 (3 years)

Reigned 3 years (935–939). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 5th ruler of Min.

Facts

Reign
18 November 935 – 29 August 939 (5th ruler of Min)
Length of reign
3 years
Born
Unknown
Died
29 August 939
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
Path to the throne
UsurpationSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
Predecessor
Wang Yanjun
Successor
Wang Yanxi
Era names
  • 通文 Tōngwén (proclaimed 936)

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