King Hui of Zhou
Appearance
King Hui of Zhou 周惠王 | |||||||||
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King of the Zhou dynasty | |||||||||
Reign | 676–652 BC | ||||||||
Predecessor | King Xi of Zhou | ||||||||
Successor | King Xiang of Zhou | ||||||||
Died | 652 BC | ||||||||
Spouse | Queen Chen Queen Hui of Zhou | ||||||||
Issue | King Xiang of Zhou Duke Zhao of Gan Wang Ji | ||||||||
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House | Ji | ||||||||
Dynasty | Zhou (Eastern Zhou) | ||||||||
Father | King Xi of Zhou[1] |
King Hui of Zhou | |||||||||
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Posthumous name | |||||||||
Chinese | 周惠王 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | The Benevolent King of Zhou | ||||||||
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King Hui of Zhou (Chinese: 周惠王; pinyin: Zhōu Huì Wáng), personal name Ji Lang, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.[2]
Family
Queens:
- Queen Chen (陳後)
- Queen Hui of Zhou, of the Gui clan of Chen (周惠後 媯姓), known as Chen Gui (陳媯); possibly a daughter of Duke Xuan of Chen; married in 676 BC; the mother of Crown Prince Zheng and Prince Dai
Sons:
- Crown Prince Zheng (太子鄭; d. 619 BC), ruled as King Xiang of Zhou from 651–619 BC
- Prince Dai (王子帶; 672–635 BC), ruled as Duke Zhao of Gan (甘昭公) until 635 BC
Daughters:
- Wang Ji (王姬)
- Married Duke Xiang of Song (d. 637 BC)
Ancestry
King Huan of Zhou (d. 697 BC) | |||||||||||||||
King Zhuang of Zhou (d. 682 BC) | |||||||||||||||
King Xi of Zhou (d. 677 BC) | |||||||||||||||
King Hui of Zhou (d. 652 BC) | |||||||||||||||
See also
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
References
- ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian