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Emperor Xuānzong of Tang

Portrait of Emperor Xuānzong of Tang

Tang · 19th ruler

唐宣宗 Táng Xuānzōng李忱 Lǐ Chén

Wade–Giles: T'ang Hsüan-tsung · Li Ch'en

Reigned 846–859 (13 years)

Reigned 13 years (846–859). Died at 50 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 19th ruler of Tang.

Facts

Reign
22 April 846 – 7 September 859 (19th ruler of Tang)
Length of reign
13 years
Born
27 July 810
Died
7 September 859
Age at accession
37
Age at death
50
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
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
Era names
  • 大中 Dàzhōng (proclaimed 847)

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
6
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
2
Rebellions faced
3
Capital relocations
0

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