singer and Mandarin (d. 976) Deaths January 8 – Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury March 9 – Zhu Youqian, Chinese warlord April 29 – Burchard II, duke of Swabia May 15 – Zhuang Zong, emperor of Later Tang (b. 885) May 26 – Yuan Xingqin, Chinese general May 28 Kong Qian, official of Later Tang Li Jiji, prince of Later Tang September 6 – Abaoji (Taizu), emperor of the Khitan Empire December 12, William II, duke of Aquitaine Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khaqani, Abbasid vizier (or 927) Alogobotur, Bulgarian nobleman (approximate date) Ero Fernández, Galician magnate (approximate date) Guo Chongtao, general of Later Tang Jin Feishan, empress of Former Shu Kang Yanxiao, Chinese general Liu, empress and wife of Zhuang Zong Pelagius of Córdoba, Christian martyr Wang Zongyan, emperor of Former Shu (b. 899) Wiborada, Swabian anchoress and martyr Xu, empress dowager of Former Shu Zhang Quanyi, Chinese warlord (b. 852) References