Emperor Gong of Western Wei.

About Emperor Gong of Western Wei

Emperor Gong of Western Wei ( 魏恭帝), personal name né Yuan Kuo (元廓), later changed to Tuoba Kuo (拓跋廓), was the last emperor of the Western Wei dynasty of China. He was made emperor in c.March 554 after his older half-brother Yuan Qin was deposed by the paramount general Yuwen Tai. He carried little actual power, and in 556, after Yuwen Tai's death, Yuwen Tai's nephew Yuwen Hu, serving as guardian to Yuwen Tai's son Yuwen Jue, forced Emperor Gong to yield the throne to Yuwen Jue, ending Western Wei and founding the Northern Zhou dynasty. The former emperor was killed in 557.