Heavenly King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

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The Heavenly King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was the supreme theocratic and political leader of the Taiping rebellion state in mid-19th century China, a role most famously held by its founder Hong Xiuquan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
monarchical title
theocratic title
appliesToJurisdiction Taiping Heavenly Kingdom NERFINISHED
associatedMovement Taiping Rebellion NERFINISHED
associatedWithPerson Hong Xiuquan NERFINISHED
capitalOfRealm Tianjing (Nanjing) NERFINISHED
claimsLegitimacyOver China NERFINISHED
commands Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army NERFINISHED
country Taiping Heavenly Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryDissolution 1864
countryInception 1851
firstOfficeHolder Hong Xiuquan NERFINISHED
genderRestriction male
governmentalRole commander-in-chief of Taiping forces
supreme political leader
supreme religious leader
governs Taiping Heavenly Kingdom bureaucracy
hierarchicalPosition supreme ruler of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
historicalPeriod mid-19th century
ideology Taiping ideology
anti-Qing revolution
millenarianism
lastOfficeHolder Hong Xiuquan NERFINISHED
legitimacyBasis claimed kinship with Jesus Christ (through Hong Xiuquan)
locatedInTime Qing dynasty NERFINISHED
mostNotableOfficeHolder Hong Xiuquan NERFINISHED
nativeLabel 天王 NERFINISHED
opposedTo Qing dynasty NERFINISHED
positionHeldBy Hong Xiuquan NERFINISHED
powerStructure centralized autocracy
religion Chinese folk religion (reinterpreted)
Christian millenarianism
heterodox Protestantism
roleIn Taiping Rebellion NERFINISHED
seatOfPower Tianjing (Nanjing) NERFINISHED
stateForm monarchy
theocracy
subordinatePositions East King NERFINISHED
North King NERFINISHED
South King NERFINISHED
West King NERFINISHED
Yan King NERFINISHED
successorStateTitle Emperor of China (Qing restoration of control)
symbolizes Heavenly Mandate claimed by Taiping
titleHolderStyle Heavenly King NERFINISHED
usedLanguage Chinese

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Taiping Heavenly Kingdom claimedRulerTitle Heavenly King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom