Emperor Qinzong

Emperor Qinzong of Song
宋欽宗
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Emperor of the Song dynasty
Reign19 January 1126 – 20 March 1127
Coronation19 January 1126
PredecessorEmperor Huizong
SuccessorEmperor Gaozong
BornZhao Dan (趙亶, 1100–1103)
Zhao Huan (趙桓, 1103–1116)
23 May 1100
Died14 June 1161(1161-06-14) (aged 61)
Burial
Yongxian Mausoleum (永獻陵, in present-day Gongyi, Henan)
Consorts
(m. 1116; died 1127)
IssueZhao Jin
Zhao Xun
Princess Roujia
Era dates
Jingkang (靖康; 1126-1127)
Regnal name
Emperor Xiaoci Yuansheng (孝慈淵聖皇帝)
Posthumous name
Emperor Gongwen Shunde Renxiao (恭文順德仁孝皇帝)
Temple name
Qinzong (欽宗)
HouseZhao
DynastySong (Northern Song)
FatherEmperor Huizong
MotherEmpress Xiangong
Signature
Emperor Qinzong of Song
Traditional Chinese宋欽宗
Simplified Chinese宋钦宗
Literal meaning"Venerate Ancestor of the Song"
Zhao Huan
Traditional Chinese趙桓
Marquis Chonghun
Chinese重昏侯
Literal meaningDoubly Muddle-headed Marquis

Emperor Qinzong of Song (23 May 1100 – 14 June 1161), personal name Zhao Huan, was the ninth emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the last emperor of the Northern Song dynasty.

Emperor Qinzong was the eldest son and heir apparent of Emperor Huizong. His mother was Emperor Huizong's empress consort, Empress Wang. In 1126, when the forces of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty invaded the Northern Song dynasty beginning the first siege of Bianjing. Frightened, Emperor Huizong intended to flee but was convinced by his officials to abdicate first and then flee.[1] Huizong then abdicated and passed on his throne to Emperor Qinzong, and then assumed the title Taishang Huang ("Retired Emperor") himself and fled to the countryside. After the fall of Kaifeng that marked the end of the Northern Song and Qinzong and his father's subsequent capture by the Jin forces, they, along and his half-brother and their successor, Emperor Gaozong, were blamed for the Song dynasty's decline.

  1. ^ Levine 2009, p. 636.

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