Xiao Xian
Liang (Xiao Xian) · Late Sui · 1st ruler
蕭銑 Xiāo Xiǎn
Wade–Giles: Hsiao Hsien
Reigned 618–621 (3 years)
Reigned 3 years (618–621). Executed at 39 (East Asian reckoning). 1st ruler of Liang (Xiao Xian).
Facts
- Reign
- May 618 – 10 November 621 (1st ruler of Liang (Xiao Xian))
- Length of reign
- 3 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 621
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- 39
- 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)
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
- 0
- General amnesties
- 0
- Empresses installed
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 0
- Capital relocations
- 1