Emperor Qinzong

Emperor Qinzong of Song 宋欽宗
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Emperor of the Song dynasty
Reign	19 January 1126 – 20 March 1127
Coronation	19 January 1126
Predecessor	Emperor Huizong
Successor	Emperor Gaozong
Born	Zhao Dan (趙亶, 1100–1103) Zhao Huan (趙桓, 1103–1116) 23 May 1100
Died	14 June 1161(1161-06-14) (aged 61)
Burial	Yongxian Mausoleum (永獻陵, in present-day Gongyi, Henan)
Consorts	Empress Renhuai ​ ​ (m. 1116; died 1127)​
Issue	Zhao Jin Zhao Xun Princess Roujia
Era dates Jingkang (靖康; 1126-1127) Regnal name Emperor Xiaoci Yuansheng (孝慈淵聖皇帝) Posthumous name Emperor Gongwen Shunde Renxiao (恭文順德仁孝皇帝) Temple name Qinzong (欽宗)
House	Zhao
Dynasty	Song (Northern Song)
Father	Emperor Huizong
Mother	Empress Xiangong
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Emperor Qinzong of Song (23 May 1100 – 14 June 1161), personal name Zhao Huan, was the ninth emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the last emperor of the Northern Song dynasty.

Emperor Qinzong was the eldest son and heir apparent of Emperor Huizong. His mother was Emperor Huizong's empress consort, Empress Wang. In 1126, when the forces of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty invaded the Northern Song dynasty beginning the first siege of Bianjing. Frightened, Emperor Huizong intended to flee but was convinced by his officials to abdicate first and then flee.^[1] Huizong then abdicated and passed on his throne to Emperor Qinzong, and then assumed the title Taishang Huang ("Retired Emperor") himself and fled to the countryside. After the fall of Kaifeng that marked the end of the Northern Song and Qinzong and his father's subsequent capture by the Jin forces, they, along and his half-brother and their successor, Emperor Gaozong, were blamed for the Song dynasty's decline.