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Li Keyong
Shatuo military governor during the Tang Dynasty (856-908) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Li Keyong (Chinese: 李克用; pinyin: Lǐ Kèyòng) (October 24, 856 – February 24, 908) was a Chinese military general and politician of Shatuo ethnicity, and from January 896 the Prince of Jin (Chinese: 晉王; pinyin: Jìn Wáng),[2] which would become an independent state after the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907. Li served as a Jiedushi provincial military governor during the late Tang period and was an instrumental figure in the development of a Shatuo base of power in what is today's Shanxi Province of China. His son Li Cunxu (Emperor Zhuangzong), a child of his concubine Lady Cao, would succeed him as Prince of Jin and eventually become the founding emperor of the Later Tang dynasty in 923.
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Prince of Jin | |||||||||||||||||
Reign | January 1, 896[1][2] or May 12, 907[1][3][note 1] – February 24, 908 | ||||||||||||||||
Successor | Li Cunxu | ||||||||||||||||
Born | (856-10-24)24 October 856[1][4] | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 February 908(908-02-24) (aged 51)[1][3] | ||||||||||||||||
Burial | Jianji Mausoleum (建極陵; in modern Dai County, Xinzhou, Shanxi) | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Consort Dowager Liu Empress Dowager Cao | ||||||||||||||||
Issue | Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong | ||||||||||||||||
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House | Li (Zhuye) | ||||||||||||||||
Dynasty | Former Jin | ||||||||||||||||
Father | Li Guochang | ||||||||||||||||
Mother | Lady Qin | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Military general, politician |
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