State
Later Tang
empire and dynasty of China during the 10th-century Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms period
- This boundary
- 923–936 CE
- Founded
- 923 CE
- Ended
- 936 CE
- Capital
- Daming County
- Government
- monarchy
- Languages
- Chinese
- Preceded by
- Later Liang dynastyFormer Shu
- Succeeded by
- Later Jin dynastyLater Shu
Overview
Tang, known in historiography as the Later Tang (Chinese: 後唐; pinyin: Hòu Táng), was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China and the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history.
With the exception of its final ruler, the Later Tang was ruled by ethnically Shatuo Turk (沙陀) emperors. The name Tang was used to legitimize itself as the restorer of the Tang dynasty. The official start of the Later Tang dynasty is in the year 923.
All rulers (4)
- Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang923–926 CE
- Li Siyuan926–933 CE
- Emperor Min of Later Tang933–934 CE
- Li Congke934–937 CE
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