Wang Yanzheng
Min · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 7th ruler
閩殷帝 Mǐn Yīndì王延政 Wáng Yánzhèng
Wade–Giles: Min Yin-ti · Wang Yen-cheng
Reigned 943–945 (2 years)
Reigned 2 years (943–945). Died of natural causes; age at death unknown. 7th ruler of Min.
Facts
- Reign
- March 943 – 2 October 945 (7th ruler of Min)
- Length of reign
- 2 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- Unknown
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- Unknown
- 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)
- Era names
- 天德 Tiāndé (proclaimed 943)
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
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Min
- 4thWang Yanjun閩惠宗 Mǐn Huìzōng王延鈞 Wáng Yánjūn933–935 · 2 years · Assassinated933–9352 yearsAssassinated
- 5thWang Jipeng閩康宗 Mǐn Kāngzōng王繼鵬 Wáng Jìpéng935–939 · 3 years · Assassinated935–9393 yearsAssassinated
- 6thWang Yanxi閩景宗 Mǐn Jǐngzōng王延羲 Wáng Yánxī941–944 · 2 years · Assassinated941–9442 yearsAssassinated
- 7thWang Yanzheng閩殷帝 Mǐn Yīndì王延政 Wáng Yánzhèng943–945 · 2 years · Natural causes943–9452 yearsNatural causes