Ruler · 795 – 771 BCE

King You of Zhou

Lived 795 – 771 BCE; monarch. King of Zhou dynasty, 781 BCE – 771 BCE; also in the line of Western Zhou.

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Lived: 795 BCE – 771 BCE; 24 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

King

Zhou dynasty · the 12th of 37 dated reigns · 1042 BCE – 256 BCE

8 before

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

King Zhuang of Zhou696 BCE – 682 BCE

22 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 781 BCE – 771 BCE · 10 years

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

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

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