Ruler · 501 – 577

Gao Yanzong

Lived 501 – 577; politician. Emperor of China of Northern and Southern dynasties, 577; also in the line of Chinese Empire and Northern Qi.

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Lived: 501 – 577; 76 years
Lines: 3; states
Left it: executed; Wikidata's manner of death

Emperor of China

Northern and Southern dynasties · the 74th of 80 dated reigns · 416 – 604 · read from the line of Chinese Empire

70 before

Emperor Fei of Chen567 – 568

Emperor Xuan of Chen568 – 582

Gao Heng577

Gao Yanzong577

Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou578 – 579

Gao Shaoyi578 – 580

Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou579 – 581

3 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 76

Left it: executedWikidata's manner of death: capital punishment

Also in the line of Chinese Empire (220th of 395) and Northern Qi (7th of 8).

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