Gaozong of Song

Song Gaozong (* June 12, 1107; † November 9, 1187 ), personal name Zhao Gou, was the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the first of the Southern Song Dynasty.

After the invasion of the Jurchen in north China, the Emperor Huizong Qinzong and were captured, Gaozong fled to the south and settled in Hangzhou, where he continued the struggle against the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchen. He abdicated in 1162.