Ruler · 550 – 621

Wang Shichong

Lived 550 – 621; politician. Emperor of China of Chinese Empire, 619 – 621.

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Lived: 550 – 621; 71 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Chinese Empire
Left it: abdicated; Wikidata's end cause on the term

Emperor of China

Chinese Empire · the 235th of 395 dated reigns · 221 BCE – 1917

231 before

Yang Tong618 – 619

Emperor Gaozu of Tang618 – 626

Yeongnyu of Goguryeo618 – 642

Wang Shichong619 – 621

Emperor Taizong of Tang626 – 649

Bojang of Goguryeo642 – 668

Emperor Gaozong of Tang649 – 683

157 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 619 – 621 · 2 years · came to it aged 69

Came to it: seized power
Left it: abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term: abdication

He finally usurped the throne, carried out improper acts, and killed many cruelly.

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