Li Yu (Southern Tang)

Li Yu
Li Yu
Chinese	李煜
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǐ Yù

Names
	Surname: Lǐ (李); Given name: Cóngjiā (從嘉), later changed to Yù (煜); Courtesy name: Chóngguāng (重光); Royal titlesBefore enthronement:; Before 959: Duke of Anding 安定公; 959–961: Prince of Wu 吳王; As ruler of Southern Tang:; 961–971: King of Tang 唐國主; 971–975: King of Jiangnan 江南國主; After surrender:; After 975: Marquess Wei Ming 違命侯
Era dates
	Jianlong (建隆): 961–963; Qiande (乾德): 963–968; Kaibao (開寶): 968–974; None: 974–975
Posthumous name
	None

Li Yu
李煜
Li Yu; 李煜
Ruler of Southern Tang (more...)
	an illustration from Sancai Tuhui (1609)
3rd and last ruler of Southern Tang
Reign	summer 961 – 1 January 976
Predecessor	Li Jing, father
Born	937 or early 938; likely modern Nanjing, Jiangsu, Southern Tang
Died	15 August 978 (aged 40–41); modern Kaifeng, Henan, Northern Song
Spouse	Queen Zhou the Elder (dec. 965); Queen Zhou the Younger;
Issue; Another son died young	Li Zhongyu, son
Names
Names
	Surname: Lǐ (李); Given name: Cóngjiā (從嘉), later changed to Yù (煜); Courtesy name: Chóngguāng (重光); Royal titlesBefore enthronement:; Before 959: Duke of Anding 安定公; 959–961: Prince of Wu 吳王; As ruler of Southern Tang:; 961–971: King of Tang 唐國主; 971–975: King of Jiangnan 江南國主; After surrender:; After 975: Marquess Wei Ming 違命侯
Era dates
	Jianlong (建隆): 961–963; Qiande (乾德): 963–968; Kaibao (開寶): 968–974; None: 974–975
Posthumous name
	None
House	Li
Dynasty	Southern Tang
Father	Li Jing
Mother	Empress Zhong

Li Yu (Chinese: 李煜; c. 937 – 15 August 978), before 961 known as Li Congjia (李從嘉), also known as Li Houzhu (李後主; literally "Last Ruler Li" or "Last Lord Li") or Last Lord of Southern Tang (南唐後主), was the third ruler of the Southern Tang dynasty of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned from 961 until 976, when he was captured by the invading Northern Song dynasty armies which annexed his state.

Li Yu was sentenced to death by poisoning by Emperor Taizong of Song after 2 years as an exiled prisoner.

Li Yu was an incompetent ruler and poisoned Lin Renzhao and Pan You (潘佑) to death.

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