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Emperor Yizong of Western Xia

Western Xia · Liao, Western Xia and Jin · 2nd ruler

西夏毅宗 Xī Xià Yìzōng李諒祚 Lǐ Liàngzuò

Wade–Giles: Hsi Hsia I-tsung · Li Liang-tso

Reigned 1048–1068 (20 years)

Reigned 20 years (1048–1068). Died at 21 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 2nd ruler of Western Xia.

Facts

Reign
19 January 1048 – 27 January 1068 (2nd ruler of Western Xia)
Length of reign
20 years
Born
5 March 1047
Died
27 January 1068
Age at accession
2
Age at death
21
Cause of death
Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
Path to the throne
Installed by othersSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the choice was made by officials, the army, eunuchs, consort kin, an empress dowager or the imperial clan
Era names
  • 延嗣寧國 Yánsìníngguó (proclaimed 1049)
  • 天祐垂聖 Tiānyòuchuíshèng (proclaimed 1050)
  • 福聖承道 Fúshèngchéngdào (proclaimed 1053)
  • 奲都 Duǒdū (proclaimed 1057)
  • 拱化 Gǒnghuà (proclaimed 1063)

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
5
General amnesties
0
Empresses installed
2
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
1
Rebellions suppressed
2
Rebellions faced
4
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Western Xia

All 10 emperors of Western Xia