King Wu of Zhou

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Chinese king Zhou dynasty monarch founder of a dynasty

King Wu of Zhou was the founding king of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, renowned for leading the conquest that ended the Shang dynasty and established a new royal order.

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Label	Occurrences
King Wu of Zhou canonical	15

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese king ⓘ Zhou dynasty monarch ⓘ founder of a dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith	Duke of Zhou ⓘ King Wen of Zhou ⓘ
birthPlace	Zhou state ⓘ surface form: Zhou (state)
burialPlace	near Mount Qi (traditional attribution) ⓘ
capitalEstablished	Fenghao ⓘ Haojing ⓘ
child	King Cheng of Zhou ⓘ
country	Zhou dynasty ⓘ
culturalDepiction	Book of Documents ⓘ Book of Odes ⓘ Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ
deathCause	illness (traditional accounts) ⓘ
deathPlace	Haojing ⓘ
defeated	King Zhou of Shang ⓘ
dynastyFounded	Zhou dynasty ⓘ
era	11th century BC ⓘ
eraName	Western Zhou period ⓘ
familyName	Ji ⓘ
father	King Wen of Zhou ⓘ
givenName	Fa ⓘ
house	House of Ji ⓘ
implemented	fengjian feudal system ⓘ
knownFor	ending the Shang dynasty ⓘ establishing feudal order in Western Zhou ⓘ founding the Zhou dynasty ⓘ
language	Old Chinese ⓘ
led	Battle of Muye ⓘ
legitimizedRuleBy	Mandate of Heaven ⓘ
mother	Tai Si ⓘ
nobleRankBeforeKingship	Count of Zhou ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Muye ⓘ
overthrew	Shang dynasty ⓘ
personalName	Ji Fa ⓘ
politicalSystemEstablished	Zhou feudal hierarchy ⓘ
posthumousName	Wu ⓘ
predecessor	King Zhou of Shang ⓘ
regionRuled	North China Plain ⓘ surface form: Central Plain of China
reignName	King Wu of Zhou self-link ⓘ
religion	Chinese folk religion ⓘ
sibling	Duke of Zhou ⓘ
spouse	Queen Yijiang ⓘ
successor	King Cheng of Zhou ⓘ
templeName	Taizu ⓘ
title	King of Zhou ⓘ Son of Heaven ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shang dynasty → overthrownBy → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

Zhou dynasty → founder → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

Zhou dynasty → notableFigure → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

King Zhou of Shang → successor → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

King Zhou of Shang → opponent → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

Zhou state → notableRuler → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

Zhou state → ledByInBattle → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

Haojing → foundedBy → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

Battle of Muye → commander → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

King Wen of Zhou → child → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

King Wen of Zhou → successor → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

King Wu of Zhou → reignName → King Wu of Zhou self-link ⓘ

Duke of Zhou → brother → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

Duke of Zhou → servedUnder → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

ancient State of Chen → grantedBy → King Wu of Zhou ⓘ

subject surface form: State of Chen