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Not to be confused with King Ai of Chu or Emperor Ai of Han.
King Ai of Zhou
周哀王
King of China
Reign441 BC
PredecessorKing Zhending of Zhou
SuccessorKing Si of Zhou
Died441 BC
Names
Ancestral name: Jī (姬)
Given name: Qùjí (去疾)
HouseZhou Dynasty
FatherKing Zhending of Zhou

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King Ai of Zhou (Chinese: 周哀王; pinyin: Zhōu Āi Wáng) was the twenty-eighth king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the sixteenth of Eastern Zhou. He was the eldest son of King Zhending of Zhou.[1]

He succeeded his father in 441, but was killed by his younger brother after only three months on the throne.[2]

Sources

  1. ^ Sima Qian: Records of the Grand Historian
  2. ^ Family tree of Chinese kings
King Ai of Zhou
 Died: 441 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of China
441 BC 		Succeeded by


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