Ruler · 851 – 781 BCE

King Xuan of Zhou

Lived 851 – 781 BCE. Chinese king of Zhou dynasty, 827 BCE – 781 BCE; also in the line of Western Zhou.

Wikidata's English label: Xuan.

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

Lived: 851 BCE – 781 BCE; 70 years
In office: 46 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Chinese king

Zhou dynasty · the 11th of 37 dated reigns · 1042 BCE – 256 BCE · read from the line of Western Zhou

7 before

King Xiao of Zhou884 BCE – 875 BCE

King Li of Zhou877 BCE – 841 BCE

King Yi of Zhou875 BCE – 864 BCE

King Xuan of Zhou827 BCE – 781 BCE

King You of Zhou781 BCE – 771 BCE

King Ping of Zhou770 BCE – 720 BCE

King Huan of Zhou719 BCE – 697 BCE

23 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 827 BCE – 781 BCE · 46 years · came to it aged 24

Came to it: the grandchild of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 781 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Western Zhou (10th of 11).

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