Yujiulü Dengzhu (, r. 553) was one of the last khagans of the remnant of Rouran.

Reign

He fled to

Northern Qi Qi, known as the Northern Qi (), Later Qi (後齊) or Gao Qi (高齊) in historiography, was a Chinese imperial dynasty and one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It ruled the eastern part of northern China ...

following demise of

Yujiulü Anagui Yujiulü Anagui (Ruanruan language, Rouran: Anakay; ; pinyin: Yùjiǔlǘ Ānàguī) (?–552) was ruler of the Rouran (520–552) with the title of Chiliantoubingdoufa Khagan (敕連頭兵豆伐可汗). First reign His reign started with troubles ...

in 552 with his son Kangti and Anluochen. His second son Tiefa was raised to throne of Rouran in 552. However he soon died in a battle against

Khitans The Khitan people (Khitan small script: ; ) were a historical nomadic people from Northeast Asia who, from the 4th century, inhabited an area corresponding to parts of modern Mongolia, Northeast China and the Russian Far East. As a people desce ...

in February 553. Hearing this, Dengzhu was sent back by

Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi Emperor Wenxuan of (Northern) Qi ((北)齊文宣帝) (526–559), personal name Gao Yang (高洋, Wade–Giles: Kao Yang), courtesy name Zijin (子進), Xianbei name Hounigan (侯尼干), was the founding emperor of the Northern Qi dynasty of Chin ...

and returned to steppe with his elder son and took over leadership. However he too faced attacks from Tujue which was under rulership of

Issik Qaghan Issik Qaghan ( Chinese: 乙息記可汗 Yǐxījì kěhàn; personal name: Ashina Keluo 阿史那科罗) was the second ruler of the Turkic Khaganate. Name His name is reconstructible in Middle Chinese as *''kʰuâ-lâ'', which is transliterat ...

. He was murdered by one of his advisors - Afuti (阿富提) and was replaced by Kangti.

References

Sources

* ''

History of the Northern Dynasties The ''History of the Northern Dynasties'' () is one of the official Chinese historical works in the '' Twenty-Four Histories'' canon. The text contains 100 volumes and covers the period from 386 to 618, the histories of Northern Wei, Western ...

'', vol. 86. Khagans of the Rouran 553 deaths 6th-century murdered monarchs {{Rouran rulers