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Emperor Shang of Tang

Tang · 7th ruler

唐殤帝 Táng Shāngdì李重茂 Lǐ Chóngmào

Wade–Giles: T'ang Shang-ti · Li Ch'ung-mao

Reigned 710 (17 days)

Reigned 17 days (710). Died at 17 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death unknown. 7th ruler of Tang.

Facts

Reign
8 July 710 – 25 July 710 (7th ruler of Tang)
Length of reign
17 days
Born
Unknown
Died
5 September 714
Age at accession
16
Age at death
17
Cause of death
UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
Path to the throne
Installed by othersSucceeded 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
Successor
Emperor Ruizong of Tang (restoration)
Era names
  • 唐隆 Tánglóng (proclaimed 710)

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
2
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Tang

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