Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, 260 –10 September 210 BC, literally "First emperor of Qin"), born Ying Zheng (嬴政) and also known as King Zheng of Qin (秦王政), was born a prince of the state of Qin (r. 246–221 BC) and became China's first emperor after the Qin conquered all of the other Warring States. He eventually unified all of China in 221 BC. Rather than maintain the title of "king" borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he ruled as the First Emperor (始皇帝) of the Qin dynasty from 220 to 210 BC. His self-invented title "emperor" (皇帝,  huángdì) would continue to be borne by Chinese rulers for the next two millennia.