King Dao of Zhou

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King Dao of Zhou
周悼王
King of China
Reign 520 BC
Predecessor King Jing of Zhou (Gui)
Successor King Jing of Zhou (Gai)
Full name
Ancestral name: Jī (姬)
Given name: Měng (猛)
House Zhou Dynasty
Father King Jing of Zhou (Gui)
Died 520 BC

King Dao of Zhou (Chinese: 周悼王; pinyin: Zhōu Dào Wáng; died 520 BC), or King Tao of Chou, was the twenty-fifth king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the thirteenth of Eastern Zhou.[1][2] His given name was Měng.[3]

Dao succeeded his father King Jing of Zhou (Gui) and the throne passed on to his brother King Jing of Zhou (Gai) after his death. [4] King Dao was killed by his brother Wang Zichao zh:王子朝, his reign was short.

See also

King Dao of Zhou
Died: 520 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by
King Jing of Zhou (Gui)		 King of China
520 BC 		Succeeded by
King Jing of Zhou (Gai)

Notes

  1. ↑ The History of China: from Mythology to Today
  2. ↑ Rulers of Zhōu at the Chinese Text Project
  3. ↑ Chinese History - Zhou Dynasty 周
  4. ↑ Family of Dao
Kings of the Zhou Dynasty
Western Zhou
Eastern Zhou
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors → Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → Three Kingdoms → Jìn (265-420) / Sixteen Kingdoms → Southern Dynasties / Yuan Wei - Northern Qi - Northern Zhou → Sui → Tang → Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms - Liao / Song / Western Xia / Jīn (1115-1234) → Yuan → Ming → Qing → ROC / PRC
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