Ruler · 450 – 556

Xiao Yuanming

Lived 450 – 556; monarch. Emperor of China of Liang dynasty, 555; also in the line of Northern and Southern dynasties and Chinese Empire.

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Lived: 450 – 556; 106 years
Lines: 3; states
Left it: deposed; Wikidata's end cause on the term

Emperor of China

Liang dynasty · the 6th of 11 dated reigns · 502 – 587

2 before

Xiao Dong551

Xiao Ji552 – 553

Emperor Yuan of Liang552 – 555

Xiao Yuanming555

Emperor Jing of Liang555 – 557

Xiao Cha555 – 562

Xiao Zhuang557 – 560

2 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 555 · under a year · came to it aged 105

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

Also in the line of Northern and Southern dynasties (56th of 80, read from the line of Liang dynasty) and Chinese Empire (202nd of 395).

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