King Weilie of Zhou 周威烈王 | |
Succession: | King of China |
Reign: | 425–402 BC |
Predecessor: | King Kao of Zhou |
Successor: | King An of Zhou |
Full Name: | Ancestral name Jī (姬) |
House: | Zhou dynasty |
Death Date: | 402 BC |
Father: | King Kao of Zhou |
Issue: | King An of Zhou |
King Weilie of Zhou, personal name Jī Wǔ, was the thirty-second king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twentieth of the Eastern Zhou.
His reign started in 425 BC, after his father King Kao of Zhou had died and lasted until his death in 402 BC.[1]
He officially established three breakaway provinces of Jin (Hán, Wèi and Zhào) as feudal states, to act as a buffer between his royal domain and Qin (nominally one of his subject states).[2]
King Weilie fathered his successor King An of Zhou.
Sons:
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors