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Wu Zetian [note 8] (17 February 624 [note 9] ... (today known as Xi'an). Wu Zetian was born in the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Tang.
Wu was a concubine of Emperor Taizong; after his death she married his successor and 9th son, Emperor Gaozong, officially becoming Gaozong's furen, in 655, although previously having considerable political power prior to this. Gaozong had a debilitating stroke in 660, after which Wu Zetian ruled as effective sovereign until 705. [1]
x Mother: Lady Yang (杨氏, 579 - 3 October 670), Wu Shihuo's second wife, daughter of Yang Da (杨达, 551 - 612) (Wu Zetian's maternal grandfather), honored as the Lady of Rong (荣国夫人), Lady of Zuan, Lady of Wei (卫国夫人), and finally Lady Zhonglie of Lu, later further successively posthumously honored with titles corresponding ...
Born in 1708 in Virginia, Mary was a widow managing a plantation and raising five children by the time she was 35. ... Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian, China's only female emperor (624–705), may have aced ...
Wei Yuanzhong was born during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, probably in the 630s. [2] His family was from Songzhou.He was originally named Wei Zhenzai, but later changed his name to observe naming taboo for Lady Yang, the mother of Emperor Gaozong's second wife Empress Wu (later known as Wu Zetian). [3]
Li Xiǎn [10] was born in 656, as the seventh son of his father Emperor Gaozong and the third son of his mother, Emperor Gaozong's second wife Empress Wu (later known as Wu Zetian). In 657, he was created the Prince of Zhou and nominally made the prefect of the eastern capital prefecture Luo Prefecture (洛州, roughly modern Luoyang , Henan ).
In 702, when Wu Zetian was apparently contemplating further military action in the northeast and put the chancellor Wei Yuanzhong in command, Li Duozuo made acting commandant at You Prefecture (幽州, roughly modern Beijing), assisted by the generals Xue Na and Luo Wuzheng (駱務整). However, it appeared that military action was not launched.
Wu Zetian respected them greatly and bestowed the imperial clan name of Wu on Wei Shifang. In fall 694, she even made him Zhengjian Daifu ( 正諫大夫 ), a senior consultant at the examination bureau of government (鸞臺, Luantai ) and gave him the designation of Tong Fengge Luantai Pingzhangshi ( 同鳳閣鸞臺平章事 ), making him a ...