Northern Yan (北燕) (jan 1, 407 – jan 1, 436)

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The Northern Yan (Chinese: 北燕; pinyin: Bĕi Yān; 407 or 409–436), also known in some historical texts as the Eastern Yan (simplified Chinese: 东燕; traditional Chinese: 東燕; pinyin: Dōng Yān), was a dynastic state during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in northern China. Some historians consider Gao Yun, a member of the Goguryeo royal family, to be the first Northern Yan monarch, while others consider Feng Ba of Han Chinese ethnicity to be the founder.

All rulers of the Northern Yan declared themselves "emperors".