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Emperor Taiwu Of Northern Wei - Early Life
... his father Tuoba Si was still the Prince of Qi under his grandfather, Emperor Daowu, without having officially been made crown prince but was the heir presumptive ... of Northern Wei) was written, the Duguhuns had had their name changed to Du by Emperor Xiaowen.) He was Tuoba Si's oldest son ... After Tuoba Si became emperor in 409 (as Emperor Mingyuan) following Emperor Daowu's assassination by his son Tuoba Shao (拓拔紹) the Prince of Qinghe, Tuoba Tao was assumed to be the ...
Empress Murong (Daowu)
... (慕容皇后, personal name unknown), formally Empress Daowu (道武皇后), was an empress of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei Dynasty ... Her husband was the founding emperor Emperor Daowu (Tuoba Gui) ... She was implied to be still alive in 402, when Later Qin's emperor Yao Xing rejected Emperor Daowu's overture to marry one of his daughters, because Yao Xing's refusal was based ...
Cui Hao - During Emperor Daowu and Emperor Mingyuan's Reigns
... son of the ethnic Han Cui Hong (崔宏), a high level official under Emperor Daowu, who carried the title of Marquess of Baima ... The first historical reference to Cui Hao was in 409, when he was a low-level official in Emperor Daowu's administration ... At that time, Emperor Daowu was often violent and arbitrary in his actions, because of poisoning from pills he received from alchemists, and the imperial officials often found excuses to ...
Emperor Daowu Of Northern Wei
... Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei ((北)魏道武帝) (371–409), personal name Tuoba Gui (拓拔珪), né Tuoba Shegui (拓拔渉珪), was the founding emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei ... However, after he defeated the Later Yan emperor Murong Bao in 397 and seized most of Later Yan's territory, he claimed imperial title in 398 ... Emperor Daowu was commonly regarded as a brilliant general, but cruel and arbitrary in his rule, particularly toward the end of his reign ...
Cui Hao - Death - Unresolved Issues
... that Cui did reveal an infamy about the imperial clan—that Emperor Daowu was a traitor and had sold out his father Tuoba Shiyijian to Former Qin ... See here for more details under the later official history, however, Tuoba Shiyijian was Emperor Daowu's grandfather, not father.) He believed that Cui was in ... that Cui was poisoned—which would explain why he was not able to respond at all to Emperor Taiwu's interrogation, and was later only yelling "Ao Ao ...

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