King Yuan of Zhou
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King Yuan of Zhou, (Chinese: 周元王; Pinyin: zhōu yúan wáng; Wade-Giles: King Yüan of Chou) was the twenty-seventh sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the fifteenth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Personal information
| family name | Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese |
| given name | Ren (仁 rén) in Chinese |
| era name | none |
| father | King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gai) |
| mother | unknown |
| wife | unknown |
| children | King Zhending of Zhou |
| duration of reign | 475 BC-469 BC |
| tomb | unknown |
| temple name | unknown |
| courtesy name | unknown |
| posthumous name | 元 (pinyin: yúan), literary meaning: "primary", "original" or "chief" |
| Preceded by: King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gai) | Zhou Dynasty | Succeeded by: King Zhending of Zhou |
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