King Zhending of Zhou (), personal name Ji Jie, was a

king King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...

of the Chinese

Zhou dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military ...

. He ruled between 468 BC and 441 BC.

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King Zhending had four sons: * First son, Prince Quji (; d. 441 BC), ruled as

King Ai of Zhou King Ai of Zhou () personal name Ji Quji, was a king of China's Zhou dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During th ...

in 441 BC * Prince Shuxi (; d. 441 BC), ruled as

King Si of Zhou King Si of Zhou (), personal name Ji Shuxi, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. Duri ...

in 441 BC * Prince Wei (; d. 426 BC), ruled as

King Kao of Zhou King Kao of Zhou (), alternatively King Kaozhe of Zhou (周考哲王), personal name Ji Wei, was a king of the Zhou dynasty of China. He reigned from 440 BC to 426 BC. King Kao's father was King Zhending. King Kao was succeeded by his son, K ...

from 440 to 426 BC * Prince Jie (; d. 415 BC), ruled as Duke Huan of Western Zhou () from 440 to 415 BC

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441 BC deaths Kings of the Zhou dynasty 5th-century BC Chinese monarchs Year of birth unknown {{China-royal-stub

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