Li Ke
| Li Ke | |||||
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| Prince of Yulin Prince of Wu |
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| Born | c. 619 | ||||
| Died | 6 March 653 | ||||
| Spouse | Lady Yang Qingxue Lady Xiao |
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| Issue | Li Ren (later known as Li Qianli), Prince of Cheng Li Wei Li Kun Li Jing Princess Xin'an (4th daughter) |
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| House | House of Li | ||||
| Father | Emperor Taizong of Tang | ||||
| Mother | Consort Yang | ||||
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| Li Ke (李恪) |
Li Ke (Chinese: 李恪; pinyin: Lǐ Kè ; died March 6, 653), posthumously known as the Prince of Yùlín (鬱林王), often known by his greater title as the Prince of Wú (吳王), was an imperial prince of the Tang Dynasty. As a highly honored son of Emperor Taizong, he was one time considered a possible candidate as crown prince after both his older brother Li Chengqian and younger brother Li Tai were both deposed in 643, but eventually, his another younger brother Li Zhi, as a son of Emperor Taizong's wife Empress Zhangsun, was created crown prince and inherited the throne after Emperor Taizong's death in 649 (as Emperor Gaozong), under the insistence of Li Zhi's uncle and Emperor Taizong's brother-in-law Zhangsun Wuji. Zhangsun, however, detested Li Ke, and in 653, he implicated Li Ke in a plot by the official Fang Yi'ai (房遺愛) and had Emperor Gaozong order Li Ke to commit suicide.
It is not known exactly when Li Ke was born, but he was likely born around 619, as he was the third son of Li Shimin the Prince of Qin, a son of Emperor Gaozu. His mother was Li Shimin's concubine Consort Yang, a daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui, making Li Ke a Sui Dynasty imperial descendant through his mother. (Consort Yang would later give birth to a younger brother of Li Ke's, Li Yin (李愔).) In 620, Emperor Gaozu created Li Ke the Prince of Changsha, at the same time that his brothers Li Chengqian and Li Tai were also created imperial princes.
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