King Yuan of Zhou
Zhou Dynasty king of China from 476 to 469 BC
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] |
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Chinese | 周元王 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | The Primal King of Zhou | ||||||||
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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] He ruled from 476 BC to 469 BC. He was succeeded by his son, Prince Jie (王子介), who ruled as King Zhending of Zhou from 468 BC to 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
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
King Yuan of Zhou Died: 469 BC | ||
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Preceded by King Jìng of Zhou | King of China 476–469 BC | Succeeded by |
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