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Wu Zetian

ཝུའུ་ཙེ་ཐེན། bo 武則天 zh

Founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690

  • Child of Wu Shihuo and Yang
  • Married to Emperor Gaozong of Tang
  • Dated 17 February 624 CE – 16 December 705 CE

Overview

founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690Wikidata record description. Read Wu Zetian in the Wikipedia reader.

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Offices held 1

  1. 16 October 690 CE – 21 February 705 CE Emperor of China Succeeded Emperor Ruizong of Tang · Succeeded by Emperor Zhongzong of Tang

Family tree

The family as a list · 15

Family 15

What the records tie them to

Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.

Connections

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