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Wu Zetian

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Also known as Wu Zhao, Empress Consort Wu, Wu mei, Wuzetian, Zetian dasheng huanghou, Empress Wu, shunsheng huanghou

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

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Wu Zetian was a powerful Chinese ruler who served as the de facto leader of the Tang dynasty for 25 years before establishing her own Zhou dynasty, which she ruled as empress from 690 to 705. She is historically significant as one of the rare women to hold supreme power in imperial China during a period when such authority was almost exclusively male-dominated.

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It sits within the topics 624 births, 705 deaths and 7th-century Chinese monarchs.

Its subject is documented across 67 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: human
Family name: Wu
Gender: female
Citizenship: Zhou dynasty (690–705)
Place of birth: Guangyuan
Place of death: Luoyang
Spouse: Emperor Gaozong of Tang
Father: Wu Shihuo
Occupation: empress regnant
Position held: Emperor of China
Languages spoken: Chinese
Native language: Chinese
Religion: Buddhism
Family: Zhou dynasty
Noble title: empress consort
Field of work: poetry
Image: 唐后行從圖 (局部) - 武則天.png

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era name: Shenlong era
described by source: New Book of Tang
Commons category: Empress Wu Ze Tian
date of birth: 0624-02-17
date of death: 0705-12-16
topic's main category: Category:Wu Zetian
place of burial: Qianling Mausoleum
incarnation of: Maitreya
cause of death: disease
art name: 媚娘
ethnic group: Han Chinese people
name in native language: 武曌（武則天）
posthumous name: 則天順聖皇后
ancestral home: Wenshui County
present in work: Civilization V
manner of death: natural causes

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