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Emperor Gao of Southern Qi

427 - 482

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Emperor Gao of Southern Qi ((南)齊高帝; 427– 11 April 482), personal name Xiao Daocheng (蕭道成), courtesy name Shaobo (紹伯), childhood name Doujiang (鬥將), was the founding emperor of the Southern Qi dynasty of China. He served as a general under the preceding dynasty Liu Song's Emperor Ming and Emperor Houfei. In 477, fearful that the young, cruel Emperor Houfei would kill him, he assassinated Emperor Houfei and seized power, eventually taking the throne in 479 to start Southern Qi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emperor Gao of Southern Qi is the 7,983rd most popular politician (down from 7,231st in 2019). (down from 1,244th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Emperor Gao of Southern Qi ranks 7,983 out of 19,576Before him are Heinrich von Brentano, Surayud Chulanont, Ibzan, Soong Ai-ling, Ii Naomasa, and Morarji Desai. After him are Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Louis Riel, Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, Anatoly Lukyanov, Guttorm of Norway, and Józef Beck.

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Among people born in 427, Emperor Gao of Southern Qi ranks 1 Among people deceased in 482, Emperor Gao of Southern Qi ranks 2Before him is Severinus of Noricum.

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