Death of Emperor Yingzong of Song

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1. 1066–1067Bianjing (Eastern Capital Kaifeng Prefecture) · Kaifeng CityFrom the third year of Zhiping, Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu was gravely ill and unable to hold court, communicating with his ministers by written notes; in the twelfth month, the eldest son Zhao Xu was invested as crown prince and a general amnesty declared, preparing for the succession.
2. 1067Funing Hall · Kaifeng CityOn the eighth day of the first month of the fourth year of Zhiping (dingsi), Yingzong died at Funing Hall at the age of thirty-six. Officials entered the hall to mourn and receive the posthumous edict; he was laid in state on the western steps; later posthumously titled Emperor Xianwen Suwu Xuanxiao, temple name Yingzong, and buried in August at Yonghou Mausoleum.