Ruler · 276 – 323

Emperor Yuan of Jin

Lived 276 – 323; monarch. Emperor of China of Chinese Empire, 317 – 323.

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Lived: 276 – 323; 47 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Chinese Empire
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's end cause on the term

Emperor of China

Chinese Empire · the 74th of 395 dated reigns · 221 BCE – 1917

70 before

Liu He310

Liu Cong310 – 318

Emperor Min of Jin313 – 316

Emperor Yuan of Jin317 – 323

Liu Can318

Liu Yao318 – 329

Shi Le319 – 333

318 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 317 – 323 · 6 years · came to it aged 41

Came to it: seized power
Left it: died in officeWikidata's end cause on the term: death in office

After Emperor Min of Jin was executed by the Han-Zhao dynasty in 318, Yuan proclaimed himself emperor and moved the capital to Jiankang.

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