King Xiang of Zhou (died 619BC), personal name Ji Zheng (), was the eighteenth king of the Chinese
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...
and the sixth of the
Eastern Zhou
The Eastern Zhou (; zh, c=, p=Dōngzhōu, w=Tung1-chou1, t= ; 771–256 BC) was a royal dynasty of China and the second half of the Zhou dynasty. It was divided into two periods: the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States.
History
In 770 ...
. He was a successor of his father
King Hui of Zhou
King Hui of Zhou (), personal name Ji Lang, was the seventeenth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the fifth of Eastern Zhou.''Records of the Grand Historian'' by Sima Qian
Family
Queens:
* Queen Chen ()
* Queen Hui of Zhou, of the Gui clan of ...
.
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He married Lady of the Dí, but later dismissed her.
In 635 he was driven from the capital by his brother Dai and was restored by
Duke Wen of Jin.
After his death, his son
King Qing of Zhou succeeded him.
[''Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm, NXB Thanh Hoá'']
Family
Spouse:
*
Zhai Hou
Zhai Hou (7th-century BC), was the queen consort of King Xiang of Zhou, who reigned from 651 to 619 BC.Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
She was deposed after an ...
, of the Kui clan of Di (), deposed
Sons:
* Prince Renchen (; d. 613 BC), ruled as
King Qing of Zhou from 618–613 BC
* Youngest son, the father of Prince Man (), who rebuffed
King Zhuang of Chu regarding the weight of the
Nine Tripod Cauldrons
The Nine Tripod Cauldrons () were a collection of ding cast by the legendary Yu the Great of the Xia dynasty of ancient China. They were viewed as symbols of the authority given to the ruler by the mandate of heaven.
At the time of the Shang dyna ...
Ancestry
See also
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
This is a family tree of Chinese monarchs covering the period of the Five Emperors up through the end of the Spring and Autumn period.
Five Emperors
The legendary Five Emperors were traditionally regarded as the founders of the Chinese state. ...
References
619 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
7th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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