Skip to content

Yelü Yilie

Western Liao · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 3rd ruler

西遼仁宗正德皇帝 Xī Liáo Rénzōngzhèngdéhuángdì耶律夷列 Yélǜ Yíliè

Wade–Giles: Hsi Liao Jen-tsung-cheng-te-huang-ti · Yeh-lü I-lieh

Reigned 1150–1163 (13 years)

Reigned 13 years (1150–1163). Age and cause of death unknown. 3rd ruler of Western Liao.

Facts

Reign
1150 – 1163 (3rd ruler of Western Liao)
Length of reign
13 years
Born
Unknown
Died
1163
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
Succession (circumstances unrecorded)Succeeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the primary sources do not say who decided it (e.g. Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Taizong of Song)
Predecessor
Yelü Dashi
Successor
Yelü Zhilugu
Era names
  • 紹興 Shàoxīng (proclaimed 1150)

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
0
Empresses installed
0
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
0
Capital relocations
0