King Yuan of Zhou, ch: 周哀王, pinyin: zhōu āi wáng, wg: King Ai of Chou, was the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the sixteenth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
family name | Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese |
given name | Quji (去疾 qù jí) in Chinese |
era name | none |
father | King Zhending of Zhou |
mother | unknown |
wife | unknown |
children | unknown |
duration of reign | 441 BC |
tomb | unknown |
temple name | unknown |
courtesy name | unknown |
posthumous name | 哀 (pinyin āi,) literary meaning: "lamentable" |
Preceded by: King Zhending of Zhou |
Zhou Dynasty | Succeeded by: King Si of Zhou |