Ruler · 451 – 376 BCE

King An of Zhou

Lived 451 – 376 BCE; monarch. Chinese king of Zhou dynasty, 402 BCE – 376 BCE; also in the line of Warring States period and Eastern Zhou.

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Lived: 451 BCE – 376 BCE; 75 years
In office: 26 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Chinese king

Zhou dynasty · the 33rd of 37 dated reigns · 1042 BCE – 256 BCE · read from the line of Eastern Zhou

29 before

King Ai of Zhou441 BCE

King Kao of Zhou440 BCE – 426 BCE

King Weilie of Zhou425 BCE – 402 BCE

King An of Zhou402 BCE – 376 BCE

King Lie of Zhou376 BCE – 369 BCE

King Xian of Zhou368 BCE – 321 BCE

King Shenjing of Zhou320 BCE – 315 BCE

1 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 402 BCE – 376 BCE · 26 years · came to it aged 49

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 376 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Warring States period (7th of 11, read from the line of Eastern Zhou) and Eastern Zhou (20th of 24).

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