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Emperor Xiangzong of Western Xia

Western Xia · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 7th ruler

西夏襄宗 Xī Xià Xiāngzōng李安全 Lǐ Ānquán

Wade–Giles: Hsi Hsia Hsiang-tsung · Li An-ch'üan

Reigned 1206–1211 (5 years)

Reigned 5 years (1206–1211). Died at 42 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death unknown. 7th ruler of Western Xia.

Facts

Reign
1 March 1206 – 12 August 1211 (7th ruler of Western Xia)
Length of reign
5 years
Born
Unknown
Died
13 September 1211
Age at accession
Unknown
Age at death
42
Cause of death
UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
Path to the throne
UsurpationSeized the throne from the previous emperor (removing the predecessor and taking the throne were one act)
Era names
  • 應天 Yīngtiān (proclaimed 1206)
  • 皇建 Huángjiàn (proclaimed 1210)

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

Emperors of Western Xia

All 10 emperors of Western Xia