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'''Jia'ao (), personal name Xiong Yuan''', was from 544 BC to 541 BC the king of the Chu state. He succeeded his father, King Kang, as ruler.

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human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Chu
Occupation
politician
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date of death
0541-00-00
manner of death
homicide
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'''Jia'ao (), personal name Xiong Yuan''', was from 544 BC to 541 BC the king of the Chu state. He succeeded his father, King Kang, as ruler.

Jia'ao's uncle, Xiong Wei, served as his prime minister. In 541 BC when Jia'ao was ill, Xiong Wei murdered him and his two sons, Xiong Mu and Xiong Pingxia, and usurped the throne.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jia'ao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.