Li Keyong
| Li Keyong 李克用 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Prince of Jin | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | January 1, 896 or May 12, 907 – February 24, 908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Li Cunxu | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 856 | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 February 908 (aged 51) | ||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Jianji Mausoleum (建極陵; in modern Dai County, Xinzhou, Shanxi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Consort Dowager Liu Empress Dowager Cao | ||||||||||||||||
| Issue | Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong | ||||||||||||||||
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| House | Li (Zhuye) | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Former Jin | ||||||||||||||||
| Father | Li Guochang | ||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Lady Qin | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Military general, politician | ||||||||||||||||
Li Keyong (Chinese: 李克用; pinyin: Lǐ Kèyòng) (October 24, 856 – February 24, 908) was a Chinese military general and politician of Shatuo ethnicity, and from January 896 the Prince of Jin (Chinese: 晉王; pinyin: Jìn Wáng), which would become an independent state after the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907. Li served as a Jiedushi provincial military governor during the late Tang period and was an instrumental figure in the development of a Shatuo base of power in what is today's Shanxi Province of China. His son Li Cunxu (Emperor Zhuangzong), a child of his concubine Lady Cao, would succeed him as Prince of Jin and eventually become the founding emperor of the Later Tang dynasty in 923.