Cao Huan
Cao Wei · Three Kingdoms · 5th ruler
魏元帝 Wèi Yuándì曹奐 Cáo Huàn
Wade–Giles: Wei Yüan-ti · Ts'ao Huan
Reigned 260–266 (5 years)
Reigned 5 years (260–266). Age and cause of death unknown. 5th ruler of Cao Wei.
Facts
- Reign
- 27 June 260 – 4 February 266 (5th ruler of Cao Wei)
- Length of reign
- 5 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 302
- Age at accession
- 15
- Age at death
- Unknown
- 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
- Predecessor
- Cao Mao
- Successor
- Emperor Wu of Jin
- Era names
- 景元 Jǐngyuán (proclaimed 260)
- 咸熙 Xiánxī (proclaimed 264)
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
- 2
- General amnesties
- 4
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 1
- Rebellions faced
- 1
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Cao Wei
- 1stCao Pi魏文帝 Wèi Wéndì曹丕 Cáo Pī220–226 · 5 years · Natural causes, age 40220–2265 yearsNatural causes, age 40
- 2ndCao Rui魏明帝 Wèi Míngdì曹叡 Cáo Ruì226–239 · 12 years · Natural causes, age 36226–23912 yearsNatural causes, age 36
- 3rdCao Fang曹芳 Cáo Fāng239–254 · 15 years · Unknown, age 43239–25415 yearsUnknown, age 43
- 4thCao Mao曹髦 Cáo Máo254–260 · 5 years · Assassinated, age 20254–2605 yearsAssassinated, age 20
- 5thCao Huan魏元帝 Wèi Yuándì曹奐 Cáo Huàn260–266 · 5 years · Unknown260–2665 yearsUnknown