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| Yuan Zhao 元釗 | |||||||||
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| Emperor of Northern Wei | |||||||||
| Reign | April 2[1] – May 17, 528 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Empress Regnant Wutai[note 1] | ||||||||
| Successor | Emperor Xiaozhuang | ||||||||
| Born | 526 | ||||||||
| Died | May 17, 528 | ||||||||
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| House | Yuan | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Northern Wei | ||||||||
Yuan Zhao (Chinese: 元釗) (526[2] – May 17, 528[3]), also known in historiography as Youzhu of Northern Wei (北魏幼主; literally "the young lord"), was briefly an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty.
- ^ yimao day of the 2nd month of the 1st year of the Wutai era, per Emperor Xiaoming's biography in Book of Wei
- ^ History of the Northern Dynasties indicated that Yuan Zhao was 2-3 years old (by East Asian reckoning) when he ascended the throne. (遂立临洮王子钊为主，年始二、三岁，天下愕然。) Bei Shi, vol.13
- ^ According to Emperor Xiaoming's biography in Book of Wei, Empress Dowager Hu and Yuan Zhao died on the gengzi day of the 4th month of the 1st year of the Wutai era of his reign. This corresponds to 17 May 528 on the Julian calendar. ([武泰元年夏四月]庚子，皇太后、幼主崩。) Wei Shu vol.09.
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