Emperor Xiangzong of Western Xia

{{redirect|Xiangzong|the Tang emperor also known as Xiangzong|Emperor Zhaozong of Tang}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Emperor Xiangzong of Western Xia
{{nobold|西夏襄宗}}

| succession = Emperor of the Western Xia dynasty

| reign = 1206–1211

|full name=Weiming Anquan (嵬名安全){{cite book | author= 辞海编辑委员会 [Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui] | title = 辞海:1999年版缩印本 [Ci hai: 1999 nian ban suo yin ben] |title-link=Cihai |year = 2000 |publisher= 上海辞书出版社 [Shanghai ci shu chu ban she] |location = Shanghai |isbn=7532608395 | oclc = 222462793|page=2548|quote=襄宗（嵬名安全）}}
Li Anquan (李安全)

| posthumous name = Emperor Jingmu (敬慕皇帝)

| temple name = Xiangzong (襄宗)

| birth_date = 1170

| death_date = {{death year and age|1211|1170}}

| burial_place = Kangling Mausoleum (康陵, presumptively the No. 9 tomb of Western Xia mausoleums{{cite news |language = zh-cn |url = http://www.nxxwl.com/jqjj/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=130 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129054454/http://www.nxxwl.com/jqjj/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=130 |archivedate = 2014-11-29 |title = 西夏王陵简介 |publisher = 宁夏西夏陵 |date = 2012-12-14 |accessdate = 2014-11-20 | url-status= dead }})

|era dates=

Yingtian (應天): 1206–1209
Huangjian (皇建): 1210–1211

}}

Emperor Xiangzong of Western Xia (1170–1211), born Li Anquan ({{zh|c=李安全}}), was the seventh emperor of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty of China, reigning from 1206 to 1211. He launched attacks on the Jin dynasty, but eventually surrendered to the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan.

Reign

Li Anquan was a nephew of the Emperor Renzong. After the death of his father, Renyou, Li Anquan requested Huanzong to allow him inherit father's title. After Huanzong disagreed and bestowed upon him a title of Prince of Zhenyi commandery (镇夷郡王), Li Anquan has been harbouring an intention to seize the imperial throne. Emperor Xiangzong came into power after a coup d'état with his first cousin Huanzong's birth mother, Empress Luo against Huanzong.

Many historians regarded him as incompetent.

Xiangzong attacked the Jin dynasty, destroying the years of peace between these two countries. He tried to become an ally of the Mongol Empire, but Genghis Khan regarded Western Xia as a roadblock to China and repeatedly invaded Western Xia.

Eventually, Li Anquan surrendered to the Mongols, gave his daughter, Chaka, in marriage to Genghis, and paid tribute of camels, falcons, and textiles.{{cite book|last=Man|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXTv9a0HZakC&q=death|title=Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection|publisher=St. Martin's Press|year=2004|isbn=9780312366247|location=New York City|page=133|author-link=John Man (author)}}

In 1211, Xiangzong's nephew Lǐ Zūnxū initiated a coup d'état against Xiangzong and took power. Xiangzong died a month later.

Family

Father: Li Renyou, Prince of Yue (越王李仁友)

Consorts and issue:

Daughter:

Princess Char (察合皇后, {{langx|mn|Чар хатан}}). Married Genghis Khan in 1209.

References

Category:1170 births

Category:1211 deaths

Category:Western Xia emperors

Category:13th-century Chinese monarchs

Category:13th-century Tangut rulers

Category:12th-century Tangut people