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Gegeen Khan

Portrait of Gegeen Khan

Yuan · 9th ruler

元英宗 Yuán Yīngzōng碩德八剌 Shuòdébālá

Wade–Giles: Yüan Ying-tsung

Reigned 1320–1323 (3 years)

Reigned 3 years (1320–1323). Assassinated at 21 (East Asian reckoning). 9th ruler of Yuan.

Facts

Reign
19 April 1320 – 4 September 1323 (9th ruler of Yuan)
Length of reign
3 years
Born
22 February 1303
Died
4 September 1323
Age at accession
18
Age at death
21
Cause of death
AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
Path to the throne
Designated heirSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)
Successor
Yesün Temür
Era names
  • 至治 Zhìzhì (proclaimed 1320)

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
1
Empresses installed
1
Crown princes deposed
0
Personal campaigns
0
Rebellions suppressed
22
Rebellions faced
23
Capital relocations
0

Emperors of Yuan

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