Li Zitong
Wu (Li Zitong) · Late Sui · 1st ruler
李子通 Lǐ Zitōng
Wade–Giles: Li Tzu-t'ung
Reigned 619–621 (2 years)
Reigned 2 years (619–621). Executed; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Wu (Li Zitong).
Facts
- Reign
- October 619 – 25 December 621 (1st ruler of Wu (Li Zitong))
- Length of reign
- 2 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- Unknown
- 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
- 明政 Míngzhèng (proclaimed 619)
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
- 5
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 0
- Capital relocations
- 1