Emperor Zhezong

Emperor Zhezong of Song
宋哲宗
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Emperor of the Song dynasty
Reign1 April 1085 – 23 February 1100
Coronation1 April 1085
PredecessorEmperor Shenzong
SuccessorEmperor Huizong
BornZhao Yong (1077–1085)
Zhao Xu (1085–1100)[a]
4 January 1077
Died23 February 1100(1100-02-23) (aged 23)
Kaifeng, Henan, Song China
Burial
Yongtai Mausoleum (永泰陵, in present-day Gongyi, Henan)
Consorts
(m. 1088; dep. 1096)
(before 1100)
IssuePrincess Shuhe
Princess Shushen
Era dates
Yuanyou (元祐; 1086–1094)
Shaosheng (紹聖; 1094–1098)
Yuanfu (元符; 1098–1100)
Posthumous name
Emperor Xianyuan Jidao Shide Yanggong Qinwen Ruiwu Qisheng Zhaoxiao (憲元繼道世德揚功欽文睿武齊聖昭孝皇帝) (conferred in 1113)
Temple name
Zhezong (哲宗)
HouseZhao
DynastySong (Northern Song)
FatherEmperor Shenzong
MotherEmpress Qincheng
Signature
Emperor Zhezong of Song
Chinese宋哲宗
Literal meaning"Wise Ancestor of the Song"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSòng Zhézōng
Zhao Xu
Traditional Chinese趙煦
Simplified Chinese赵煦
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhào Xù
Zhao Yong
Traditional Chinese趙傭
Simplified Chinese赵傭
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhào Yōng

Emperor Zhezong of Song (4 January 1077 – 23 February 1100), personal name Zhao Xu, was the seventh emperor of the Song dynasty of China. His original personal name was Zhao Yong but he changed it to "Zhao Xu" after his coronation. He reigned from 1085 until his death in 1100, and was succeeded by his younger half-brother, Emperor Huizong, because his son died prematurely.

Emperor Zhezong was the sixth son of Emperor Shenzong. He ascended the throne at the age of nine under the supervision of his grandmother, Grand Empress Dowager Gao.
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