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Helian Ding

Helian Xia · Sixteen Kingdoms · 3rd ruler

赫連定 Hèlián Dìng

Wade–Giles: Ho-lien Ting

Reigned 428–431 (2 years)

Reigned 2 years (428–431). Executed; age at death unknown. 3rd ruler of Helian Xia.

Facts

Reign
428 – 431 (3rd ruler of Helian Xia)
Length of reign
2 years
Born
Unknown
Died
13 May 432
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
Unknown
Cause of death
ExecutedPut to death by a hostile power, a successor regime or a conqueror, as a public act
Path to the throne
UsurpationSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
Predecessor
Helian Chang
Era names
  • 勝光 Shèngguāng

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
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
4
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0