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Ruler · 542 – 557

Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou

Lived 542 – 557; monarch. Emperor of China of Northern Zhou, 557; also in the line of Northern and Southern dynasties and Chinese Empire.

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Lived
542 – 557
15 years
Lines
3
states
Left it
abdicated
Wikidata's end cause on the term

Emperor of China

Northern Zhou · the 1st of 5 dated reigns · 557 – 581

Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou · 557 – 557 · this entry560565570575580
killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 557 · under a year · came to it aged 15

Left it
abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term: abdication

then killed within a year of leaving

Also in the line of Northern and Southern dynasties (59th of 80, read from the line of Chinese Empire) and Chinese Empire (205th of 395).

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