| Emperor Shizu of Northern Han 北漢世祖 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Emperor Shizu of (Northern) Han (more...) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1st emperor of Northern Han | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 951–954 | ||||||||||||||||
| Claimed predecessor | Liu Chengyou, nephew and last emperor of Later Han | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Liu Chengjun (Emperor Ruizong), son | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 895 or January 896[note 1] Tang dynasty | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 954[1] (aged 59[2]) Taiyuan, Northern Han dynasty (today's Taiyuan, Shanxi) | ||||||||||||||||
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| House | Liu | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Northern Han | ||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Lady An (安氏) | ||||||||||||||||
Liu Min (Chinese: 劉旻) (c. 895[note 1] – 954[1]), named Liu Chong (Chinese: 劉崇) before 951,[1][note 2], also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Northern Han, was the founding emperor of the Northern Han dynasty of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He was an ethnic Shatuo and the younger brother of the Later Han dynasty's founder Liu Zhiyuan (Emperor Gaozu).
Liu Chong created Northern Han in the Shatuo base in modern Shanxi after his eldest son was killed in 951 by general Guo Wei, who overthrew Later Han dynasty to establish the Later Zhou dynasty. In 954, Liu Chong was defeated by Guo's successor Chai Rong in the Battle of Gaoping and died soon afterwards.
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