King Yuan of Zhou
King Yuan of Zhou 周元王 | |||||
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King of China | |||||
Reign | 476–469 BC | ||||
Predecessor | King Jìng of Zhou | ||||
Successor | King Zhending of Zhou | ||||
Died | 469 BC | ||||
Issue | King Zhending of Zhou | ||||
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House | Zhou Dynasty | ||||
Father | King Jìng of Zhou[1] |
King Yuan of Zhou (Chinese: 周元王; pinyin: Zhōu Yuán Wáng,[2]) personal name Ji Ren, was the twenty-seventh king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the fifteenth of Eastern Zhou.[3] His son was his successor, King Zhending of Zhou.
Family[]
Sons:
- Prince Jie (王子介; d. 441 BC), ruled as King Zhending of Zhou from 468–441 BC
Ancestry[]
King Jian of Zhou (d. 572 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
King Ling of Zhou (d. 545 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
King Jing of Zhou (d. 520 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
King Jing of Zhou (d. 477 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
King Yuan of Zhou (d. 469 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
See also[]
- Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
Sources[]
- ^ A Journey Into China's Antiquity: Palaeolithic Age, Low Neolithic Age, Upper Neolithic Age, Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period
- ^ Xuetong Yan: Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power. The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. See this page.
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
Categories:
- 469 BC deaths
- Zhou dynasty kings
- 5th-century BC Chinese monarchs
- Chinese people stubs
- Chinese royalty stubs