Li Yuanji

Posthumous name
	Prince La of Chao (巢剌王)

Li Yuanji
李元吉
Li Yuanji ; 李元吉
Born	Li Yuanji; 603
Died	2 July 626 (aged 22–23)
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Prince La of Chao (巢剌王)
Father	Emperor Gaozu of Tang
Mother	Empress Taimu

Li Yuanji (Chinese: 李元吉, Pinyin: Lǐ Yuánjí) (603 – 2 July 626^[1]), formally Prince La of Chao (巢剌王), more commonly known by the title of Prince of Qi (齊王), nickname Sanhu (三胡), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was a son of the dynasty's founder Emperor Gaozu of Tang (Li Yuan), and in the intense rivalry developed between his older brothers Li Jiancheng the Crown Prince and Li Shimin the Prince of Qin, he sided with Li Jiancheng and often advocated drastic actions against Li Shimin, including assassination. In 626, Li Shimin, fearing that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were about to kill him, laid an ambush for them at Xuanwu Gate outside the palace and killed them. Li Shimin then effectively forced Emperor Gaozu to yield the throne to him (as Emperor Taizong).

^ The date of the Xuanwu Gate Incident was the 4th day of the 6th month of the 9th year of the Wude era, which translates to 2 July 626 in the Julian calendar, according to the Academia Sinica.[1].

[1] The date of the Xuanwu Gate Incident was the 4th day of the 6th month of the 9th year of the Wude era, which translates to 2 July 626 in the Julian calendar, according to the Academia Sinica.[1].

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