Elder Imperial Prince (懿皇之長)

Overview

Elder Imperial Prince was an Elder Prince Killed at Yizong's Death.

Life and dates

Death

AD 873 懿皇初升遐
Killed · Cause Succession struggle · Authority Han Wenyao (韓文約)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 200

Attested activity

AD 873 懿皇初升遐
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 200

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Younger Imperial Prince (懿皇之幼)
brothers 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 200
Child of Emperor Yizong (懿皇)
elder son 長
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 18, passage 200

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 18Volume 18 Book of Later Liang 18: Biographies 8: Zhang Wenyu, Xue Yiju, Zhang Ce, Du Xiao, Jing Xiang, Li Zhen · 1 passage

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護軍韓彝範言其事，振曰：「懿皇初升遐，韓中尉殺長立幼，以利其權，遂亂天下，今將軍復欲爾耶！」 Protector-general Han Yifan raised the matter; Zhen said: "When Emperor Yizong died, Vice Director Han killed the elder prince and set up the younger for his own power and threw the realm into chaos—do you mean to do the same?"