Yelü Dashi
Western Liao · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 1st ruler
西遼德宗天祐皇帝 Xī Liáo Dézōngtiānyòuhuángdì耶律大石 Yélǜ Dàshí
Wade–Giles: Hsi Liao Te-tsung-t'ien-yu-huang-ti · Yeh-lü Ta-shih
Reigned 1132–1143 (11 years)
Reigned 11 years (1132–1143). Age and cause of death unknown. 1st ruler of Western Liao.
Facts
- Reign
- 1132 – 1143 (1st ruler of Western Liao)
- Length of reign
- 11 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 1143
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- Unknown
- Cause of death
- UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
- Path to the throne
- Self-proclaimedFounded the titleClaimed the imperial title without receiving the throne from an earlier ruler (e.g. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Hongwu Emperor)
- Successor
- Yelü Yilie
- Era names
- 延慶 Yánqìng (proclaimed 1132)
- 康國 Kāngguó (proclaimed 1134)
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
- 0
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 0
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Western Liao
- 1stYelü Dashi西遼德宗天祐皇帝 Xī Liáo Dézōngtiānyòuhuángdì耶律大石 Yélǜ Dàshí1132–1143 · 11 years · Unknown1132–114311 yearsUnknown
- 3rdYelü Yilie西遼仁宗正德皇帝 Xī Liáo Rénzōngzhèngdéhuángdì耶律夷列 Yélǜ Yíliè1150–1163 · 13 years · Unknown1150–116313 yearsUnknown
- 5thYelü Zhilugu西遼天禧皇帝 Xī Liáo Tiānxǐhuángdì耶律直魯古 Yélǜ Zhílǔgǔ1177–1211 · 34 years · Natural causes1177–121134 yearsNatural causes