Tuoba Shiyijian (320–376) was the last prince of the Tuoba

Tuoba

Tuoba, or Tabgach, were a clan of Xianbei people of ancient China.-Xianbei Tuoba:Tuoba was a clan of the Xianbei people in the early centuries of the 1st millennium AD. They established the State of Dai from 310 to 376 AD, and the Northern Wei Dynasty from 386 to 536 AD...

 Dai

State of Dai

Dai was a state of the Xianbei clan of Tuoba, during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. It existed from 310 to 376 AD, with its capital at Shengle ....

 and ruled from 338 to 376 when Dai was conquered by the Former Qin

Former Qin

The Former Qin was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China. Founded by the Fu family of the Di ethnicity, it completed the unification of North China in 376. Its capital had been Xi'an up to the death of the ruler Fu Jiān. Despite its name, the Former Qin was much later and less powerful than...

. He was the son of Tuoba Yulü

Tuoba Yulü

Tuoba Yulü ruled as prince of the Tuoba Dai 316 to 321.He was the son of Tuoba Fu, and the father of Tuoba Yihuai and Tuoba Shiyijian. In 310, Tuoba Yulü was ordered by Tuoba Yilu to assist Liu Kun , the Governor of Bingzhou , to fight the Xiongnu Tiefu chieftain Liu Hu...

 (拓跋鬱律) and the younger brother of Tuoba Yihuai

Tuoba Yihuai

Tuoba Yihuai ruled as prince of the Tuoba Dai 329–335 and 337–338. He was the son of Tuoba Yulü and the nephew of Tuoba Gena.When Tuoba Gena was in his first reign as the Prince of Dai, Tuoba Yihuai lived with his maternal uncle's father Helan Aitou of the Helan tribe.-References:...

 (拓跋翳槐), whom he succeeded in 338. In 340 he moved the capital to Shengle (盛樂) (near modern Holingol county (和林格爾) of Hohhot

Hohhot

Hohhot , is a city in north-central China and the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, serving as the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre....

, Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...

). His grandson Tuoba Gui

Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei

Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei , personal name Tuoba Gui , né Tuoba Shegui , was the founding emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. He was the grandson of the last prince of Dai, Tuoba Shiyijian, and after the fall of the Dai state to Former Qin in 376 had been presumed to be the...

 would go on to found the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Personal information

• Father
  • Tuoba Yulü
    Tuoba Yulü
    Tuoba Yulü ruled as prince of the Tuoba Dai 316 to 321.He was the son of Tuoba Fu, and the father of Tuoba Yihuai and Tuoba Shiyijian. In 310, Tuoba Yulü was ordered by Tuoba Yilu to assist Liu Kun , the Governor of Bingzhou , to fight the Xiongnu Tiefu chieftain Liu Hu...
    
     (拓跋鬱律)
• Wife
  • Princess Murong, a princess of Former Yan
    Former Yan
    The Former Yan was a state of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China.Initially, Murong Huang and his son Murong Jun claimed the Jin Dynasty -created title "Prince of Yan," but subsequently, in 352, after seizing most of the former Later Zhao territory, Murong Juan would...
    
    
• Children
  • Tuoba Shi (拓跋寔), the Heir Apparent (died 371)
  • Tuoba Shijun (拓跋寔君)
  • Tuoba Han (拓跋翰), Prince Ming of Qin, born by Princess Murong and fathered Tuoba Yi (拓跋仪), Tuoba Lie (拓跋烈) and Tuoba Gu (拓跋觚)
  • Tuoba Yanpo (拓跋阏婆)
  • Tuoba Shoujiu (拓跋壽鳩), fathered Tuoba Zun (拓跋遵)
  • Tuoba Gegen (拓跋紇根), fathered Tuoba Qian (拓跋虔)
  • Tuoba Digan (拓跋地干), fathered Tuoba Shun (拓跋顺)
  • Tuoba Quduo (拓跋屈咄), only son survived the rebel of Shijun
  • Princess of Liaoxi, married He Yegan maternal nephew of Shiyijian and the Helan chieftain