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Helian Chang

Helian Xia · Sixteen Kingdoms · 2nd ruler

赫連昌 Hèlián Chāng

Wade–Giles: Ho-lien Ch'ang

Reigned 425–428 (2 years)

Reigned 2 years (425–428). Executed; age at death unknown. 2nd ruler of Helian Xia.

Facts

Reign
425 – 428 (2nd ruler of Helian Xia)
Length of reign
2 years
Born
Unknown
Died
434
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
Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
Predecessor
Helian Bobo
Successor
Helian Ding
Era names
  • 承光 Chéngguāng

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
3
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0