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King You of Zhou

795 BC - 771 BC

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King You of Zhou (Chinese: 周幽王; pinyin: Zhōu Yōu Wáng; 795–771 BC), personal name Ji Gongsheng, was the twelfth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the last from the Western Zhou dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of King You of Zhou has received more than 163,625 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). King You of Zhou is the 3,771st most popular politician (down from 3,632nd in 2019).

King Wu of Zhou is most famous for his victory over the Shang Dynasty and establishing the Zhou Dynasty.

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  • 24

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  • 4.73

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  • 2.42

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, King You of Zhou ranks 3,771 out of 15,577Before him are Al-Aziz Uthman, Radomir Putnik, Mathieu Kérékou, Ma Teng, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and Emperor Xianzong of Tang. After him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Catherine of Navarre, Alberto Fernández, Memnon, Manfred Rommel, and Condoleezza Rice.

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Among people born in 795 BC, King You of Zhou ranks 1 Among people deceased in 771 BC, King You of Zhou ranks 1

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