Qin and Han · King and Royal Family Member

King Gong of Dingtao 定陶恭王

Dingtao Gong Wang

Attested BC 48 - BC 33

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Gong of Dingtao was a king and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 48 to BC 33 定陶恭王有材藝…意欲以恭王爲嗣
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 311

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Yuan (元帝)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 11, passage 311
Child of Consort Fu (傅昭儀)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 311

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 311

Assessments and attributes

Assessment had talent and accomplishments · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 311

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 311

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 11Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng · 1 passage

而定陶恭王有材藝，母傅昭儀又愛幸，上以故常有意欲以恭王爲嗣。 King Gong of Dingtao, however, had talent and accomplishments, and his mother Consort Fu was much loved and favored, so the emperor often thought of making King Gong his heir.