Emperor Duzong

Emperor Duzong of Song 宋度宗
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Emperor of the Song dynasty
Reign	16 November 1264 – 12 August 1274
Coronation	16 November 1264
Predecessor	Emperor Lizong
Successor	Emperor Gong
Born	Zhao Mengqi (1240–1251) Zhao Zi (1251–1253) Zhao Qi (1253–1274) 2 May 1240 Shaoxing, Song dynasty
Died	12 August 1274(1274-08-12) (aged 34) Lin'an, Song dynasty (modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
Burial	Yongshao Mausoleum (永紹陵, in present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
Consorts	Lady Quan ​ (m. 1261⁠–⁠1274)​ Lady Yang ​ (before 1274)​
Issue	Emperor Duanzong Emperor Gong Zhao Bing Princess Xin'an Zhuangyi Princess Zhenjing Princess
Era dates Xianchun (咸淳; 1265–1274) Posthumous name Emperor Duanwen Mingwu Jingxiao (端文明武景孝皇帝) Temple name Duzong (度宗)
House	Zhao
Dynasty	Song (Southern Song)
Father	Zhao Yurui
Mother	Huang Dingxi
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Emperor Duzong of Song (2 May 1240 – 12 August 1274), personal name Zhao Qi, was the 15th emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the sixth emperor of the Southern Song dynasty. He was a nephew of his predecessor, Emperor Lizong, and reigned from 1264 until his death in 1274.

His birth name was Zhao Mengqi but his name was changed to Zhao Zi in 1251 and finally to Zhao Qi in 1253 after he was designated as Emperor Lizong's heir apparent. Duzong's reign was filled with rebellions and warfare; the court was dominated by his chancellor Jia Sidao and Duzong himself gave in into drinking and women, thus abandoning his duties. He died in 1274 leaving behind three young boys, one of whom took the throne as Emperor Gong. He was the last Emperor of the Song to issue coins; subsequent Song emperors were too busy fighting the newly proclaimed Yuan dynasty to establish mints to cast any coins and did not have enough resources.