Accessed the throne in 1616 AD

Removed the throne in 1626 AD

Taizu (Nurhaci) 8

Born: 1559 AD-- Died: 1626 AD (reigned 10 years)

Nurhaci, surnamed Aixinjueluo, named Shulebeile, was born in the 38th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1559) in the Suksu Hubu Department of Zuowei, Jianzhou A family of Manchu slave owners in Hetuala City (Xinbin County, Liaoning Province). In the eleventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1583), he "proclaimed himself king". In the forty-fourth year of Wanli (1616), Jianyuan was proclaimed Khan in Hetuala, and his country was named Dajin (historically known as Later Jin). In a battle with Ming general Yuan Chonghuan in Ningyuan, he was defeated and injured, and died in August of the eleventh year of Tianming (1626). Aged 68.

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