King Weilie of Zhou

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King Weilie of Zhou, ch.: 周威烈王, pinyin: zhōu wēi lìe wáng, wg: King Weilieh of Chou, was the thirty-first sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the nineteenth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

[edit] Personal information

Family name Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese
Given name Wu (午 wŭ) in Chinese
Era name none
Father King Kao of Zhou
Mother unknown
Wife unknown
Children King An of Zhou
Duration of reign 425 BC-402 BC
Tomb unknown
Temple name unknown
Courtesy name unknown
Posthumous name 威烈 (pinyin wēi lìe), literary meaning: "majestic and fierce"


Preceded by
King Kao of Zhou
Zhou Dynasty Succeeded by
King An of Zhou
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