Ruler · 501 – 552

Xiao Dong

Lived 501 – 552. Emperor of China of Northern and Southern dynasties, 551; also in the line of Liang dynasty and Chinese Empire.

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Lived: 501 – 552; 51 years
Lines: 3; states
Left it: deposed; Wikidata's end cause on the term

Emperor of China

Northern and Southern dynasties · the 50th of 80 dated reigns · 416 – 604 · read from the line of Liang dynasty

46 before

Yangwon of Goguryeo545 – 559

Emperor Jianwen of Liang549 – 551

Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi550 – 559

Xiao Dong551

Hou Jing551 – 552

Emperor Fei of Western Wei551 – 554

Xiao Ji552 – 553

27 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 551 · under a year · came to it aged 50

Left it: deposedWikidata's end cause on the term: dethronement

Also in the line of Liang dynasty (3rd of 11) and Chinese Empire (196th of 395).

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