Emperor Ai of Tang

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Emperor Ai of Tang
唐哀帝
Emperor of the Tang dynasty
Reign26 September 904 [1] [2] – 12 May 907 [1] [3]
Predecessor Emperor Zhaozong
Successor Dynasty abolished
BornLi Zuo
27 October 892 [1] [4]
Died26 March 908 (aged 15) [1] [3]
Burial
Wen Mausoleum (溫陵)
Full name
Era name and dates
Tiānyòu (天祐) (inherited from Emperor Zhaozong): 28 May 904 [1] [5] – 12 May 907 [lower-alpha 1]
Posthumous name
Emperor Ai (哀皇帝) (conferred by Later Liang) or
Emperor Zhaoxuan (昭宣皇帝) (conferred by Later Tang) (short)
Emperor Zhaoxuan Guanglie Xiao (昭宣光烈孝皇帝) (conferred by Later Tang) (full)
Temple name
Jǐngzōng (景宗) (not commonly used)
House Li
Dynasty Tang
Father Emperor Zhaozong
Mother Empress Xuanmu
Tang Aidi
Chinese 唐哀帝
Literal meaning"Pitious Emperor of the Tang"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Táng Āidì
Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778–820)
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810–859)
Empress Xiaoming (d. 865)
Emperor Yizong of Tang (833–873)
Empress Yuanzhao
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (867–904)
Empress Gongxian (d. 867)
Emperor Ai of Tang (892–908)
Empress Xuanmu (d. 906)

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  1. However, after the end of Tang, the regional states Jin, Wu, and Qi continued to use Tang's Tianyou era name to show their refusal to recognize Later Liang. One can therefore also consider the end of the Tianyou era to be sometime early in 924, when Li Maozhen the Prince of Qi became a subject to Jin's successor state Later Tang and switched to Later Tang's Tongguang era.
Emperor Ai of Tang
Born: 892 Died: 908
Regnal titles
Preceded by Emperor of Tang
904–907
Succeeded by
(none)
Emperor of China (most regions)
904–907
Succeeded by
Emperor of China (Sichuan/Chongqing)
904–907
Succeeded by
Wang Jian (Emperor of (Former) Shu)
Emperor of China (Shanxi)
904–907
Succeeded by
Li Keyong (Prince of Jin)
Emperor of China (Jiangsu/Jiangxi/Anhui)
904–907
Succeeded by
Yang Wo (Prince of Hongnong (Wu))
Emperor of China (Eastern Inner Mongolia)
904–907
Succeeded by
Emperor of China (Western Shaanxi)
904–907
Succeeded by
Li Maozhen (Prince of Qi)
Emperor of China (Zhejiang)
904–907
Succeeded by
Qian Liu (Prince of Wuyue)