Emperor Xuanzong of Jin

Emperor Xuanzong of Jin
Emperor of the Jin dynasty
Reign September 22, 1213 – January 14, 1224
Born April 18, 1163
Died January 14, 1224 (aged 60–61)
Full name

Wányán Xún 完颜珣

Birth name Wányán Wúdǔbǔ 完顏吾睹補
Era dates
Zhēnyòu 貞祐 1213–1217
Xīngdìng 興定 1217–1222
Yuánguāng 元光 1222–1223
Father Wanyan Yungong 完顏允恭 (posthumously honored as Emperor Xianzong,1213 deprived by Xuanzong)
Mother Lady Liu 刘氏 (posthumously honored as Empress Zhāoshèng ,1213 deprived by Xuanzong)

Emperor Xuanzong of Jin (April 18, 1163 – January 14, 1224) Chinese: 金宣宗, Jin Xuanzong, was a Jurchen emperor of the Jin dynasty which ruled most of northern China in the 12th and 13th centuries, and was the first Jin emperor who was defeated by the Mongols after Genghis Khan's army crossed the Great Wall in 1211 in their drive for conquest of China. His name at birth was Wányán Xún (完顏珣.) Xuanzong was the eighth of ten emperors of the Jin dynasty.

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