Li Cunxu
Later Tang · Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms · 1st ruler
後唐莊宗 Hòu Táng Zhuāngzōng李存勗 Lǐ Cúnxù
Wade–Giles: Hou T'ang Chuang-tsung · Li Ts'un-hsü
Reigned 923–926 (3 years)
Reigned 3 years (923–926). Assassinated at 43 (East Asian reckoning). 1st ruler of Later Tang.
Facts
- Reign
- 13 May 923 – 15 May 926 (1st ruler of Later Tang)
- Length of reign
- 3 years
- Born
- 2 December 885
- Died
- 15 May 926
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- 43
- Cause of death
- AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
- Path to the throne
- Designated heirFounded the titleSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
- Predecessor
- 李克用 (did not claim the title of emperor)
- Successor
- Li Siyuan
- Era names
- 同光 Tóngguāng (proclaimed 923)
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
- 1
- Rebellions suppressed
- 4
- Rebellions faced
- 8
- Capital relocations
- 1
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