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Liang Shidu

Liang (Liang Shidu) · Late Sui · 1st ruler

梁師都 Liáng Shīdū

Wade–Giles: Liang Shih-tu

Reigned 617–628 (11 years)

Reigned 11 years (617–628). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Liang (Liang Shidu).

Facts

Reign
April 617 – 3 June 628 (1st ruler of Liang (Liang Shidu))
Length of reign
11 years
Born
Unknown
Died
3 June 628
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
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
  • 永隆 Yǒnglóng (proclaimed 617)

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
3
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0