Li Keyong

Li Keyong
李克用
Prince of Jin
ReignJanuary 1, 896[1][2] or
May 12, 907[1][3][note 1] – February 24, 908
SuccessorLi Cunxu
Born(856-10-24)24 October 856[1][4]
Died24 February 908(908-02-24) (aged 51)[1][3]
Burial
Jianji Mausoleum (建極陵; in modern Dai County, Xinzhou, Shanxi)
SpouseConsort Dowager Liu
Empress Dowager Cao
IssueLi Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong
Full name
Era name and dates
Tiānyòu (天祐): 907–908[note 2]
Posthumous name
Emperor Wǔ (武皇帝, "martial")
Temple name
Tàizǔ (太祖)
HouseLi (Zhuye)
DynastyFormer Jin
FatherLi Guochang
MotherLady Qin
OccupationMilitary general, politician

Li Keyong (Chinese: 李克用; pinyin: Lǐ Kèyòng) (October 24, 856 – February 24, 908) was a Chinese military general and politician of Shatuo ethnicity, and from January 896 the Prince of Jin (Chinese: 晉王; pinyin: Jìn Wáng),[2] which would become an independent state after the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907. Li served as a Jiedushi provincial military governor during the late Tang period and was an instrumental figure in the development of a Shatuo base of power in what is today's Shanxi Province of China. His son Li Cunxu (Emperor Zhuangzong), a child of his concubine Lady Cao, would succeed him as Prince of Jin and eventually become the founding emperor of the Later Tang dynasty in 923.


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