King of Liang
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Liang is the eastern part of the old Wei kingdom and roughly means modern day Henan province plus a small portion of Shanxi province. King or Prince of Liang was for a long time synonymous with the King or Prince of Wei. Indeed, the name came about when Prince Ying, also known as King Huei of Wei (魏罃, 魏惠王) was forced to relocate his capital to Liang (or Daliang, meaning Liang major, modern day Kaifeng city in Henan) after suffering several defeats.
Later, King (or Prince) of Liang (梁王) was a noble title in Han Dynasty. It was created by Liu Bang, King of Han, later Emperor Gao of Han in 202 BC for the able general Peng Yue (彭越). Peng was arrested in 197 BC on trumped up charges of treason and executed. The title of Prince of Liang was later conferred upon several people, the earliest being Liu Hui (劉恢), a son of Liu Bang. As Liang is a rich and important patch of territory, the Princes are invariably men of power and status, and many met with untimely deaths because they either covet the imperial throne or were suspected of such ambitions. One such is Prince Liu Wu (劉武), the younger brother to Liu Qi (劉啟), Emperor Jing of Han (漢景帝). The territory was eventually subdivided and the title mostly became extinct.
