Li Congke
Later Tang · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 4th ruler
後唐末帝 Hòu Táng Mòdì李從珂 Lǐ Cóngkē
Wade–Giles: Hou T'ang Mo-ti · Li Ts'ung-k'o
Reigned 934–937 (2 years)
Reigned 2 years (934–937). Died by suicide at 52 (East Asian reckoning). 4th ruler of Later Tang.
Facts
- Reign
- 21 May 934 – 11 January 937 (4th ruler of Later Tang)
- Length of reign
- 2 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 11 January 937
- Age at accession
- 50
- Age at death
- 52
- Cause of death
- Suicide (incl. forced)Took their own life, including when driven to it by deposition or defeat, or when ordered to do so
- Path to the throne
- UsurpationSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
- Predecessor
- Li Conghou
- Era names
- 清泰 Qīngtài (proclaimed 934)
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
- 1
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 4
- Rebellions faced
- 4
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Later Tang
- 1stLi Cunxu後唐莊宗 Hòu Táng Zhuāngzōng李存勗 Lǐ Cúnxù923–926 · 3 years · Assassinated, age 43923–9263 yearsAssassinated, age 43
- 2ndLi Siyuan後唐明宗 Hòu Táng Míngzōng李嗣源 Lǐ Sìyuán926–933 · 7 years · Natural causes, age 67926–9337 yearsNatural causes, age 67
- 3rdLi Conghou後唐閔帝 Hòu Táng Mǐndì李從厚 Lǐ Cónghòu933–934 · 155 days · Assassinated, age 21933–934155 daysAssassinated, age 21
- 4thLi Congke後唐末帝 Hòu Táng Mòdì李從珂 Lǐ Cóngkē934–937 · 2 years · Suicide (incl. forced), age 52934–9372 yearsSuicide (incl. forced), age 52