Yelü Zhilugu
Western Liao · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 5th ruler
西遼天禧皇帝 Xī Liáo Tiānxǐhuángdì耶律直魯古 Yélǜ Zhílǔgǔ
Wade–Giles: Hsi Liao T'ien-hsi-huang-ti · Yeh-lü Chih-lu-ku
Reigned 1177–1211 (34 years)
Reigned 34 years (1177–1211). Died of natural causes; age at death unknown. 5th ruler of Western Liao.
Facts
- Reign
- 1177 – 1211 (5th ruler of Western Liao)
- Length of reign
- 34 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 1213
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- Unknown
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- 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 Yilie
- Era names
- 天禧 Tiānxǐ (proclaimed 1177)
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
- 1
- 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