Emperor Tang Aidi (唐哀帝李祝 892-908), born Li Zhu, was the last emperor of the Tang dynasty of China. Events By Place Europe Poppo of Thuringia, count of the march in Thuringia, is deposed by the German Carolingian king Events By Place Asia The Battle of Belach Mugna is fought Zhu Wen kills the last Tang Dynasty emperor The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National He reigned from 904 to 907. Events By Place Europe The Royal Mint is founded in England Thessalonica is sacked by the Saracens under Events By Place Asia Oleg leads the Kievan Rus' in a campaign against Constantinople (see Rus'-Byzantine Aidi was the son of Emperor Zhaozong. Emperor Tang Zhaozong (唐昭宗李晔 867&ndash904 born Li Ye was the 19th emperor of the Tang dynasty of China.
Aidi ascended the throne at the age of 13 after his father, the Zhaozong was murdered by Zhu Wen in 904. Zhu Quanzhong 朱全忠 originally named Zhu Wen 朱温 (852&ndash912 was a Jiedushi (節度使 military governor at the end of the Tang dynasty. Under Zhu Wen's regency, Aidi was only a puppet emperor. In 907, seeing the timing was ripe, Zhu Wen executed all the remaining handful of ministers still loyal to the imperial Li family and forced Aidi to abdicate in favour of Zhu Wen. Aidi himself was demoted to Ji Yin Wang (a prince) whilst Zhu Wen proclaimed the Later Liang Dynasty thus ending 290 years of rule by the Tang dynasty. The Later Liang ( ( June 5, 907 - 923) was one of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
In 908, Aidi was poisoned to death by Zhu Wen. Events By Place Asia The Battle of Belach Mugna is fought Zhu Wen kills the last Tang Dynasty emperor He was only 17.
| Preceded by Emperor Zhaozong |
Emperor of Tang China 904–907 |
Succeeded by (none) |