Emperor Qinzong of Song, Zhao Huan

Timeline

1. 1111Bianjing (Kaifeng) · Kaifeng CityIn the third month of the first year of Zhenghe, Zhao Huan gave lectures at the Zishan Hall of the Eastern Palace, receiving a Confucian classical education. He was then only eleven years old, favored among Huizong's sons, but not yet made crown prince.
2. 1114Wende Hall, Bianjing · Kaifeng CityIn the second month of the fourth year of Zhenghe, Zhao Huan underwent the capping ceremony at the Wende Hall, marking his adulthood. He had already been granted the title Grand Protector, his status as heir grew ever clearer, and the court and public watched the succession struggle with Prince of Yun Zhao Kai.
3. 1115Bianjing (Kaifeng) · Kaifeng CityIn the second month of the fifth year of Zhenghe, Huizong made Zhao Huan crown prince, granted a general amnesty, visited the Imperial Ancestral Temple, rode a golden carriage with full ceremonial guard, following the precedents of Zhidao and Tianxi. This ended the succession struggle with Prince of Yun Zhao Kai.
4. 1116Eastern Palace, Bianjing · Kaifeng CityIn the sixth month of the sixth year of Zhenghe, Zhao Huan took Lady Zhu as his crown princess. Thereafter he participated in some court ceremonies as crown prince, but from Zhenghe to early Xuanhe, court politics remained dominated by Huizong and powerful ministers such as Cai Jing and Wang Fu.