Gao Huan
Gao Huan () (496 – 13 February 547),
Xianbei name
Heliuhun (賀六渾), formally
Prince Xianwu of Qi (齊獻武王), later further formally honored by
Northern Qi initially as
Emperor Xianwu (獻武皇帝), then as
Emperor Shenwu (神武皇帝) with the
temple name Gaozu (高祖), was the paramount general and a minister of the Xianbei-led
Northern Wei dynasty and its branch successor state
Eastern Wei dynasty. Although he was an ethnic
Han, Gao was deeply influenced by Xianbei culture and was often considered more Xianbei than Han by his contemporaries. During his career, he and his family became firmly in control of the Eastern Wei court. Eventually, in 550, his son
Gao Yang forced
Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei to yield the throne to him, establishing the Gao clan as the imperial house of a new Northern Qi dynasty.
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