King Weilie of Zhou
King Weilie of Zhou 周威烈王 | |||||
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King of China | |||||
Reign | 425–402 BC | ||||
Predecessor | King Kao of Zhou | ||||
Successor | King An of Zhou | ||||
Died | 402 BC | ||||
Issue | King An of Zhou | ||||
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House | Zhou Dynasty | ||||
Father | King Kao of Zhou |
King Weilie of Zhou (Chinese: 周威烈王; pinyin: Zhōu Wēiliè Wáng), personal name Jī Wǔ, was the thirty-second king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the twentieth of the Eastern Zhou.
His reign started in 425 BC, after his father King Kao of Zhou had died.[1]
He officially established three breakaway provinces of Jin (Hán, Wèi and Zhào) as feudal states, to act as a buffer between his royal domain and Qin (nominally one of his subjects).[2]
King Weilie fathered his successor King An of Zhou.[3]
Family[]
Sons:
- Prince Jiao (王子驕; d. 376 BC), ruled as King An of Zhou from 401–376 BC
Ancestry[]
King Jing of Zhou (d. 477 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
King Yuan of Zhou (d. 469 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
King Zhending of Zhou (d. 441 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
King Kao of Zhou (d. 426 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
King Weilie of Zhou (d. 402 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
See also[]
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
References[]
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
- ^ ZHOU GENEALOGY (Warring States Period)
- ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
Categories:
- 402 BC deaths
- Zhou dynasty kings
- 5th-century BC Chinese monarchs
- Chinese history stubs
- Chinese royalty stubs