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Yang Pu

Yang Wu · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 4th ruler

吳睿帝 Wú Ruìdì楊溥 Yáng Pǔ

Wade–Giles: Wu Jui-ti · Yang P'u

Reigned 927–937 (9 years)

Reigned 9 years (927–937). Age at death unknown; cause of death disputed. 4th ruler of Yang Wu.

Facts

Reign
29 November 927 – 10 November 937 (4th ruler of Yang Wu)
Length of reign
9 years
Born
Unknown
Died
November 938
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
DisputedPrimary sources or accepted accounts conflict and cannot be narrowed to one
Path to the throne
Installed by othersFounded the titleSucceeded 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
楊隆演 (did not claim the title of emperor)
Successor
Li Bian
Era names
  • 乾貞 Qiánzhēn (proclaimed 927)
  • 太和 Tàihé (proclaimed 929)
  • 天祚 Tiānzuò (proclaimed 935)

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
3
General amnesties
4
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0