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*''Japanese'': 尚王統 ''(Shou outou)''
The Shô family which ruled the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] was in fact two separate lineages.
After [[Sho Hashi|Hashi]], king of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], conquered the kingdoms of [[Hokuzan]] and [[Nanzan]], uniting the island of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and establishing the Ryûkyû Kingdom in [[1429]], he was granted the name Shô (C: ''Shang'') by the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming Court]] as a royal surname, and was recognized as the legitimate ruler of Ryûkyû as a [[tribute|tributary]] state. This name was then passed down as the royal, dynastic, surname of the Kings of Ryûkyû.
A few decades later, in [[1469]], a high-ranking government official & court aristocrat, Kanamaru, staged a coup, overthrowing the First Shô Dynasty, and installing himself (and his descendants) as king of Ryûkyû. As part of efforts to establish his legitimacy, he took the name Shô, so as to give some impression of a continuation of a Shô family as the rulers of the kingdom, despite being of no actual blood relation. He took the name King [[Sho En|Shô En]] for himself, and passed on the name Shô to his descendants; thus began the Second Shô Dynasty.
==Lineage of the First Shô Dynasty==
*[[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô]] (d. 1421) - 1st king of the Shô Dynasty
**[[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]] (1371-1439) - 2nd king of the Shô Dynasty, son of Shô Shishô, united Okinawa and established Ryûkyû Kingdom
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==Lineage of the Second Shô Dynasty==
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Clans]]
The Shô family which ruled the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] was in fact two separate lineages.
After [[Sho Hashi|Hashi]], king of [[Chuzan|Chûzan]], conquered the kingdoms of [[Hokuzan]] and [[Nanzan]], uniting the island of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and establishing the Ryûkyû Kingdom in [[1429]], he was granted the name Shô (C: ''Shang'') by the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming Court]] as a royal surname, and was recognized as the legitimate ruler of Ryûkyû as a [[tribute|tributary]] state. This name was then passed down as the royal, dynastic, surname of the Kings of Ryûkyû.
A few decades later, in [[1469]], a high-ranking government official & court aristocrat, Kanamaru, staged a coup, overthrowing the First Shô Dynasty, and installing himself (and his descendants) as king of Ryûkyû. As part of efforts to establish his legitimacy, he took the name Shô, so as to give some impression of a continuation of a Shô family as the rulers of the kingdom, despite being of no actual blood relation. He took the name King [[Sho En|Shô En]] for himself, and passed on the name Shô to his descendants; thus began the Second Shô Dynasty.
==Lineage of the First Shô Dynasty==
*[[Sho Shisho|Shô Shishô]] (d. 1421) - 1st king of the Shô Dynasty
**[[Sho Hashi|Shô Hashi]] (1371-1439) - 2nd king of the Shô Dynasty, son of Shô Shishô, united Okinawa and established Ryûkyû Kingdom
***
==Lineage of the Second Shô Dynasty==
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Royalty]]
[[Category:Clans]]
