Li Chongfu

Li Chongfu
Prince Tangchang 唐昌王
Prince Pingen 平恩王
Prince Qiao 譙王
Born680?
Died10 September 710 (aged 30)
FatherEmperor Zhongzong of Tang

Li Chongfu (李重福) (680?[1] – September 10, 710[2]) was an imperial prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was a son of Emperor Zhongzong, but was not favored during Emperor Zhongzong's reign and was exiled. After Emperor Zhongzong's death in 710 and a subsequent coup by Li Chongfu's cousin Li Longji the Prince of Linzi and Li Chongfu's aunt Princess Taiping placed Li Longji's father Emperor Ruizong on the throne, Li Chongfu tried to rise against Emperor Ruizong, to claim the throne himself. But, he was quickly defeated, and he killed himself by drowning.

  1. ^ It is unclear whether Li Chongfu was Emperor Zhongzong's second son, as asserted by Old Book of Tang, vol. 86, as his brother Li Chongrun, described as the first son, was said to have been born in c.March 682, while Li Chongfu was supposedly 30 when he was killed in 710 -- which would make his birth year 680, two years before Li Chongzhao's. The New Book of Tang avoided the issue by not giving birth ordinals to either Li Chongzhao or Li Chongfu. See New Book of Tang, vol. 81. If Li Chongfu was indeed Emperor Zhongzong's second son, he could not be born any earlier than 682.
  2. ^ ([景云元年]八月，庚寅，...。明日，留守大出兵搜捕，重福赴漕渠溺死。) Zizhi Tongjian, vol.210