Emperor Zhezong

Emperor Zhezong of Song 宋哲宗
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Emperor of the Song dynasty
Reign	1 April 1085 – 23 February 1100
Coronation	1 April 1085
Predecessor	Emperor Shenzong
Successor	Emperor Huizong
Born	Zhao Yong (1077–1085) Zhao Xu (1085–1100)[a] 4 January 1077
Died	23 February 1100(1100-02-23) (aged 23) Kaifeng, Henan, Song China
Burial	Yongtai Mausoleum (永泰陵, in present-day Gongyi, Henan)
Consorts	Empress Zhaoci ​ ​ (m. 1088; dep. 1096)​ Empress Zhaohuai ​ (before 1100)​
Issue	Princess Shuhe Princess Shushen
Era dates Yuanyou (元祐; 1086–1094) Shaosheng (紹聖; 1094–1098) Yuanfu (元符; 1098–1100) Posthumous name Emperor Xianyuan Jidao Shide Yanggong Qinwen Ruiwu Qisheng Zhaoxiao (憲元繼道世德揚功欽文睿武齊聖昭孝皇帝) (conferred in 1113) Temple name Zhezong (哲宗)
House	Zhao
Dynasty	Song (Northern Song)
Father	Emperor Shenzong
Mother	Empress Qincheng
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Emperor Zhezong of Song (4 January 1077 – 23 February 1100), personal name Zhao Xu, was the seventh emperor of the Song dynasty of China. His original personal name was Zhao Yong but he changed it to "Zhao Xu" after his coronation. He reigned from 1085 until his death in 1100, and was succeeded by his younger half-brother, Emperor Huizong, because his son died prematurely.

Emperor Zhezong was the sixth son of Emperor Shenzong. He ascended the throne at the age of nine under the supervision of his grandmother, Grand Empress Dowager Gao.
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