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Name: Western Liang (Western Wei)

Type: Polity

Start: 556 AD

End: 557 AD

Nation: western liang

Parent: western wei

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Was a buffer state and a puppet state of Westen Wei established in Jiangling during the Chinese era of the Northern and Southern dynasties.

Establishment


  • January 556: As the relationship between Emperor Yuan and Western Wei was deteriorating, in 555, Western Wei army sacked Jiangling, forcing Emperor Yuan to surrender, and killed Emperor Yuan as well as his sons before installing Xiao Cha as emperor of (Western) Liang at Jiangling. From 555 to 557 Western Liang was subservient to the Western Wei.
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    Disestablishment


  • January 558: From 557 to 581 the Northern Zhou replaced the Western Wie as overlords of Western Liang.
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