Ruler · 601 – 545 BCE

King Ling of Zhou

Lived 601 – 545 BCE. Chinese king of Zhou dynasty, 571 BCE – 545 BCE; also in the line of Spring and Autumn period and Eastern Zhou.

Wikidata's English label: Ling.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 601 BCE – 545 BCE; 56 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 23rd of 37 dated reigns · 1042 BCE – 256 BCE · read from the line of Eastern Zhou

19 before

King Kuang of Zhou612 BCE – 607 BCE

King Ding of Zhou606 BCE – 586 BCE

King Jian of Zhou585 BCE – 572 BCE

King Ling of Zhou571 BCE – 545 BCE

King Jing of Zhou544 BCE – 520 BCE

King Dao of Zhou520 BCE

King Jing of Zhou (Gai)519 BCE – 477 BCE

11 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 571 BCE – 545 BCE · 26 years · came to it aged 30

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 545 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Spring and Autumn period (10th of 13, read from the line of Eastern Zhou) and Eastern Zhou (10th of 24).

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