Marquess of Beixiang

Marquess of Beixiang

The Marquess of Beixiang (simplified Chinese: 北乡侯; traditional Chinese: 北鄉侯; pinyin: Běixiāng Hóu; Wade–Giles: Pei-hsiang-hou; died 10 December 125), personal name Liu Yi, also referred to as Emperor Shao (少帝, literally "young emperor"), was an emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty. He was selected to succeed Emperor An after Emperor An's sudden death in April 125, but died soon after he became emperor and a eunuch coup in favour of Emperor Shun overthrew the regime of Empress Dowager Yan, who put him on the throne. No historical records indicate his age, but later references to him imply that he was young, perhaps a child or young teenager. As his reign was short and considered at least somewhat illegitimate, he is often omitted from the official list of emperors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marquess of Beixiang is the 8,179th most popular politician (down from 6,795th in 2019). (down from 1,120th in 2019)