Emperor Gong of Western Wei
Emperor Gong of Western Wei ((西)魏恭帝) (537 – April 557), personal name né Yuan Kuo (元廓), later changed to Tuoba Kuo (拓拔廓), was the last emperor of the Western Wei dynasty of China. He was made emperor in 554 after his older brother Yuan Qin was deposed by the paramount general Yuwen Tai. He carried little actual power, and in 556, after Yuwen Tai's death, Yuwen Tai's nephew Yuwen Hu, serving as guardian to Yuwen Tai's son Yuwen Jue (Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou), forced Emperor Gong to yield the throne to Yuwen Jue, ending Western Wei and founding the Northern Zhou dynasty. The former emperor was killed in 557.
| Emperor Gong of Western Wei 西魏恭帝 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Emperor of Western Wei | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 554 – 14 February 557 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Emperor Fei | ||||||||||||||||
| Regent | Yuwen Tai (554–556) Yuwen Jue & Yuwen Hu (556–557) | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 537 | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 557 (aged 19–20) | ||||||||||||||||
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| House | Tuoba (Yuan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Western Wei | ||||||||||||||||
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