Ruler · 570 – 577

Gao Heng

Lived 570 – 577. Emperor of China of Northern and Southern dynasties, 577; also in the line of Chinese Empire and Northern Qi.

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Lived: 570 – 577; 7 years
Lines: 3; states
Left it: abdicated; Wikidata's end cause on the term

Emperor of China

Northern and Southern dynasties · the 73rd of 80 dated reigns · 416 – 604 · read from the line of Chinese Empire

69 before

Gao Wei565 – 577

Emperor Fei of Chen567 – 568

Emperor Xuan of Chen568 – 582

Gao Heng577

Gao Yanzong577

Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou578 – 579

Gao Shaoyi578 – 580

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 577 · under a year · came to it aged 7

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

then executed within a year of leaving

Also in the line of Chinese Empire (219th of 395) and Northern Qi (6th of 8).

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