King Zhending of Zhou (), personal name Ji Jie, was the twenty-eighth 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 sixteenth of
Eastern Zhou.
[Phương Thi Danh, ''Niên biểu lịch sử Trung Quốc''] He ruled between 468 BC and 441 BC.
Family
King Zhending had four sons:
* First son, Prince Quji (; d. 441 BC), ruled as
King Ai of Zhou in 441 BC
* Prince Shuxi (; d. 441 BC), ruled as
King Si of Zhou in 441 BC
* Prince Wei (; d. 426 BC), ruled as
King Kao of Zhou from 440–426 BC
* Prince Jie (; d. 415 BC), ruled as Duke Huan of Western Zhou () from 440–415 BC
Ancestry
See also
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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
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Sources
441 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
5th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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