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Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia

Western Xia · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 1st ruler

西夏景宗 Xī Xià Jǐngzōng李元昊 Lǐ Yuánhào

Wade–Giles: Hsi Hsia Ching-tsung · Li Yüan-hao

Reigned 1038–1048 (9 years)

Reigned 9 years (1038–1048). Assassinated at 46 (East Asian reckoning). 1st ruler of Western Xia.

Facts

Reign
10 November 1038 – 19 January 1048 (1st ruler of Western Xia)
Length of reign
9 years
Born
Unknown
Died
19 January 1048
Age at accession
30
Age at death
46
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
Path to the throne
Succession (circumstances unrecorded)Founded the titleSucceeded 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
李德明 (did not claim the title of emperor)
Era names
  • 天授禮法延祚 Tiānshòulǐfǎyánzuò (proclaimed 1038)

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
2
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
4
Rebellions suppressed
0
Rebellions faced
1
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Western Xia

All 10 emperors of Western Xia