State · 535 – 557
Western Wei
A state of 535 – 557 — 22 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Northern Wei. It was replaced by Northern Zhou. The atlas records 3 things within it — people 3. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 22 years
- 535 – 557
- Rulers
- 3
- the Emperor of China
- Most ground
- 866,100 km²
- in 536
- Within it
- 3
- recorded rows
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Northern Wei · replaces · 386 – 535
After it
- Northern Zhou · replaced by · 557 – 581
Rulers
The line of Emperor of China.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor Wen of Western Wei | 535 – 551 | 16 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Emperor Fei of Western Wei | 551 – 554 | 3 years | deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Gong of Western Wei | 554 – 557 | 3 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | sibling |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 535 – 557. Only 22 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 1 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
541,900 km² in 535, 866,100 km² in 557; at its largest 866,100 km² in 540. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
500 – 5993 rows
- Emperor Wen of Western Wei · ruler · 507 – 551
- Emperor Fei of Western Wei · ruler · 525 – 554
- Emperor Gong of Western Wei · ruler · 537 – 557
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood22 years
stood longer than 23% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held866,100 km²
held more ground at its peak than 83% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 525 – 567, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 536, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1143164 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.