King Yuan of Zhou, ch: 周元王, pinyin: zhōu yúan wáng, wg: King Yüan of Chou, was the twenty-seventh sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the fifteenth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
family name | Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese |
given name | Ren (仁 rén) in Chinese |
era name | none |
father | King Jing of Zhou |
mother | unknown |
wife | unknown |
children | King Zhending of Zhou |
duration of reign | 475 BC-469 BC |
tomb | unknown |
temple name | unknown |
courtesy name | unknown |
posthumous name | 元 (pinyin yúan), literary meaning: "primary", "original" or "chief" |
Preceded by: King Jing of Zhou (周敬王) |
Zhou Dynasty | Succeeded by: King Zhending of Zhou |