Duke Ping of Qi (), personal name Lü Ao, was from 480 BC to 456 BC the

duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...

of the Qi state.

Reign

Duke Ping was a younger son of

Duke Dao of Qi Duke Dao of Qi (), personal name Lü Yangsheng, was from 488 BC to 485 BC the monarch of the Qi state. Accession to the throne Prince Yangsheng was a middle son of Duke Jing of Qi. In the summer of 490 BC, the 58th year of Duke Jing's reign, t ...

, who was killed in 485 BC after four years of reign, probably by Tian Heng, leader of the powerful Tian clan. Subsequently Duke Ping's older brother Duke Jian ascended the throne. In 481 BC, Tian Heng staged a preemptive coup d'etat and killed Duke Jian and his prime minister Kan Zhi, who had been plotting to attack and expel the Tian clan. Tian Heng became the ''de facto'' ruler of Qi, but he installed Duke Ping on the throne as the figurehead ruler. Duke Ping ruled for 25 years and died in 456 BC. He was succeeded by his son

Duke Xuan of Qi Duke Xuan of Qi (), personal name Lü Ji, was from 455 BC to 405 BC the monarch of the Qi state. Reign Duke Xuan succeeded his father, Duke Ping of Qi, who died in 456 BC after 25 years of reign as titular ruler of Qi. Since Tian Heng kille ...

Family

Sons: * Prince Ji (; d. 405 BC), ruled as

from 455–405 BC

Ancestry

References

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