death, their older brother Yelü Bei's son Yelü Ruan was able to defeat Yelü Lihu in battle and take the throne. Yelü Lihu was put under arrest and later...

plotted to have her third son, Yelü Lihu, ascend to the throne, and sent an army to intercept her grandson. She had denounced Yelü Ruan in her campaign to support...

former Crown Prince Yelü Lihu by Empress Hejing. Xiyin married Lady Xiao, the second daughter of Prime minister Xiao Siwen. In 960, Yelü Xiyin plotted a rebellion...

ruling from 916 to 926. He had a sinicised name, Yelü Yi; some sources suggest that Abaoji's family name, Yelü, was adopted during his lifetime, although there...

not known when that occurred. She bore Yelü Abaoji three sons—Yelü Bei, Yelü Deguang, and Yelü Lihu. In 916, Yelü Abaoji, having consolidated the power...

Chen as Yelü Xiyin, King of Zhao Xiao Wuguili's husband and one of the main antagonist, also the cousin of Yelü Xian. He was spared by emperor Yelü for the...

Yelü Ruan, posthumously Emperor Shizong of Liao, was the son of Yelü Bei, and not the designated heir of Emperor Taizong of Liao, who was Yelü Lihu,...

created his younger brother Yelü Lihu crown prince. Later in the year, apparently in reaction to being bypassed again, Yelü Bei fled from Dongdan to Khitan's...

Yelü Lübugu, Princess Yan. She had two sisters, Xiao Yanyan and Xiao Hunian. She married Yelü Xiyin (耶律喜隱), the son of former Crown Prince Yelü Lihu....

Hunian (953 - 1009) (萧胡辇) Son In-law: Yelü Yanchege (935 - 972) (耶律罨撒葛) Daughter: Lady Xiao (萧氏) Son In-law: Yelü Xiyin (耶律喜隱) Daughter: Xiao Yanyan (953...