Cao Yu (Three Kingdoms)
| Cao Yu 曹宇 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke of Yan (燕公) | |||||
| Tenure | 265–? | ||||
| Prince of Yan (燕王) | |||||
| Tenure | 232–265 | ||||
| Born | between 196 and 211[1] | ||||
| Died | 278 | ||||
| Consorts | Lady Zhang | ||||
| Issue | Cao Huan | ||||
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| House | House of Cao | ||||
| Father | Cao Cao | ||||
| Mother | Consort Huan | ||||
Cao Yu (before 211–278), courtesy name Pengzu,[2] was a prince of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was a son of Cao Cao, a warlord who rose to power towards the end of the Han dynasty and laid the foundation of Wei. Cao Yu's son, Cao Huan, was the fifth and last emperor of Wei.
Life
Cao Yu was a son of
In 221, the year after Cao Yu's elder half-brother, Cao Pi, ended the Han dynasty and established the state of Cao Wei, Cao Yu became a duke, and was enfeoffed as the Prince of Xiapi (下邳王) in the following year. In 224, his princedom was changed from Xiapi (下邳; present-day Pizhou, Jiangsu) to Shanfu County (單父縣; present-day Shan County, Shandong).[5]
In 232, during the reign of
In 260, after the fourth Wei ruler
Family
Consorts and Issue:
- Lady, of the Zhang clan (張氏)
- Cao Huan, Emperor Yuan (元皇帝 曹奐; 246–302)
Ancestry
See also
References
- ^ Cao Yu's full brother Cao Chong was born in 196.
- ^ (燕王宇字彭祖。) Sanguozhi vol. 20.
- ^ (武皇帝二十五男： ... 環夫人生鄧哀王沖、彭城王據、燕王宇， ...) Sanguozhi vol. 20.
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- ^ (黃初二年，進爵為公。三年，為下邳王。五年，改封單父縣。) Sanguozhi vol. 20.
- ^ (太和六年，改封燕王。明帝少與宇同止，常愛異之。及即位，寵賜與諸王殊。青龍三年，徵入朝。景初元年，還鄴。二年夏，復徵詣京都。冬十二月，明帝疾篤，拜宇為大將軍，屬以後事。受署四日，宇深固讓；帝意亦變，遂免宇官。三年夏，還鄴。) Sanguozhi vol. 20.
- ^ (景初、正元、景元中，累增邑，并前五千五百戶。常道鄉公奐，宇之子，入繼大宗。) Sanguozhi vol. 20.
- ^ (帝初以禮讓，魏朝公卿何曾、王沈等固請，乃從之。 ... 封魏帝為陳留王， ...) Jin Shu vol. 3.
- ^ ([咸寧]四年，陳留國上，燕公是王之父，王出奉明帝祀，今於王為從祖父。) Tongdian vol. 93.
- Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
- Du, You (8th century). Tongdian.
- Fang, Xuanling (648). Book of Jin (Jin Shu).