Ruler · 573 – 581

Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou

Lived 573 – 581; monarch. Emperor of China of Northern Zhou, 579 – 581; also in the line of Northern and Southern dynasties and Chinese Empire.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 573 – 581; 8 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: ended by an event; Wikidata's end cause on the term

Emperor of China

Northern Zhou · the 5th of 5 dated reigns · 557 – 581

1 before

Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou557 – 560

Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou560 – 578

Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou578 – 579

Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou579 – 581

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 579 – 581 · 2 years · came to it aged 6

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ended by an eventWikidata's end cause on the term: Shan Rang

then killed within a year of leaving

Also in the line of Northern and Southern dynasties (77th of 80, read from the line of Chinese Empire) and Chinese Empire (223rd of 395).

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