King Hui of Zhou - Wikipedia
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| King Hui of Zhou 周惠王 | ||||
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| King of the Zhou dynasty | ||||
| Reign | 676–652 BC | |||
| Predecessor | King Xi of Zhou | |||
| Successor | King Xiang of Zhou | |||
| Died | 652 BC | |||
| Spouse | Queen Chen Queen Hui of Zhou | |||
| Issue | King Xiang of Zhou Duke Zhao of Gan Wang Ji | |||
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| House | Ji | |||
| Dynasty | Zhou (Eastern Zhou) | |||
| Father | King Xi of Zhou[1] |
| King Hui of Zhou | ||||||
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| Posthumous name | ||||||
| Chinese | 周惠王 | |||||
| Literal meaning | The Benevolent King of Zhou | |||||
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King Hui of Zhou (Chinese: 周惠王; pinyin: Zhōu Huì Wáng), personal name Ji Lang, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.[2]
- Queen Chen (陳後)
- Queen Hui of Zhou, of the Gui clan of Chen (周惠後 媯姓), known as Chen Gui (陳媯); possibly a daughter of Duke Xuan of Chen; married in 676 BC; the mother of Crown Prince Zheng and Prince Dai
- Crown Prince Zheng (太子鄭; d. 619 BC), ruled as King Xiang of Zhou from 651–619 BC
- Prince Dai (王子帶; 672–635 BC), ruled as Duke Zhao of Gan (甘昭公) until 635 BC
- Wang Ji (王姬)
- Married Duke Xiang of Song (d. 637 BC)
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
- ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
King Hui of Zhou Died: 652 BC | ||
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| Preceded by | King of China 676–652 BC |
Succeeded by |