An Lushan

Yan (An–Shi) · Tang · 1st ruler

安祿山 Ān Lùshān

Wade–Giles: An Lu-shan

Reigned 756–757 (360 days)

Reigned 360 days (756–757). Assassinated; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Yan (An–Shi).

Facts

Reign: 5 February 756 – 30 January 757 (1st ruler of Yan (An–Shi))
Length of reign: 360 days
Born: Unknown
Died: 30 January 757
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)
Successor: An Qingxu
Era names: 聖武 Shèngwǔ (proclaimed 756)

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: 0
Rebellions suppressed: 1
Rebellions faced: 1
Capital relocations: 0

Emperors of Yan (An–Shi)

All 4 emperors of Yan (An–Shi)