was king of
Ryukyu Kingdom
The Ryukyu Kingdom, Middle Chinese: , , Classical Chinese: (), Historical English names: ''Lew Chew'', ''Lewchew'', ''Luchu'', and ''Loochoo'', Historical French name: ''Liou-tchou'', Historical Dutch name: ''Lioe-kioe'' was a kingdom in the ...
who ruled from 1444 to 1449. Shō Shitatsu was the eldest son of king
Shō Chū
was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom of the First Shō dynasty. He ruled from 1439 to 1444. Shō Chū was the second son of his father, King Shō Hashi. After his father conquered the Kingdom of Hokuzan, Shō Chū was appointed in 1422. Shō Chū w ...
.
He died in 1449 without an heir and his uncle
Shō Kinpuku
was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom of the First Shō dynasty.
Shō Kinpuku succeeded his nephew, Shō Shitatsu, in 1449. A one-kilometer-long dam, which known as , was built in 1451 by Kaiki, a somewhat mysterious figure from Ming China. The dam ...
was installed as the king.
References
''Chūzan Seifu''(中山世譜)
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Kings of Ryūkyū
First Shō dynasty
1408 births
1449 deaths