Five Dynasties · Royal Family Member

King of Eastern Dan 東丹王

Attested AD 926 - AD 937

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King of Eastern Dan was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 937 東丹王
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 172

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Prince Yongkang (永康王)
eldest son 長子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 172

Career and standing

King of Eastern Dan 東丹王
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 172

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 137Volume 137: Foreign States Biographies 1: Khitan · 1 passage

永康王者，東丹王之長子，以其月二十一日領部族歸國，改會同十年為天祿元年，自稱天授皇帝。 Prince Yongkang was the eldest son of the King of Eastern Dan. On the twenty-first day of that month he led the tribes home, proclaimed the Tianlu era in place of Huitong 10, and styled himself Emperor Heaven-Granted.