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    Wu Zetian [note 8] (17 February 624 [note 9] [note 10] – 16 December 705), [3] [4] personal name Wu Zhao, was Empress of China from 660 to 705, ruling first through others and then (from 690) in her own right. She ruled first as empress consort, through her husband Emperor Gaozong and then as an empress dowager, through her sons Emperors ...

  2. Jan 22, 2020 · The only woman in more than three millennia to rule China in her own right, Wu Zetian (624-705) was also one of the most controversial monarchs in Chinese history. Renowned for her beauty, political acumen and tenacity, she was also manipulative, ruthless and outright murderous. Her ascendancy and reign were steeped in blood and terror, yet she ...

  3. The Empress of China (simplified Chinese: 武媚娘传奇; traditional Chinese: 武媚娘傳奇; pinyin: Wǔ Mèiniáng chuánqí) is a 2014 Chinese television series based on events in the 7th and 8th-century Tang dynasty, starring producer Fan Bingbing as the titular character Wu Zetian—the only female emperor (empress regnant) in Chinese history.

  4. Mar 17, 2016 · Empress Wu Zetian (Empress Consort Wu, Wu Hou, Wu Mei Niang, Mei-Niang, and Wu Zhao, l. 624-705 CE, r. 690-704 CE) was the only female emperor of Imperial China. She reigned during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) and was one of the most effective and controversial monarchs in China's history. She began her life at court as a concubine of the ...

  5. The Empress of China: With Bingbing Fan, Baoping Shen, Huichun Wang, Yuan Gao. Harem inner life and female rivalry story based on events of life of Wu Zetian; the only female Emperor in the Chinese history.

  6. Wu Zetian (624–705) was the only female emperor in China's history. She ruled the Tang Dynasty as empress (655–690), and then as Emperor for 15 years, in the seldom-mentioned Zhou Dynasty. During her long reign totaling 50 years, the empire became relatively stable, peaceful, powerful, and prosperous. Emperor and Empress: In China only the ...

  7. Jan 31, 2023 · For more than 3,000 years, only one woman ruled China in her own right: a concubine who became the wife, then mother of emperors, before taking the throne. Samantha Morris explores how Wu Zetian broke away from the typical woman’s role in medieval China and ruled through strong, often brutal, leadership. Published: January 31, 2023 at 9:58 AM.

  8. An Effective but Controversial Ruler. Wu Zhao (624–705), also known as Empress Wu Zetian, was the first and only woman emperor of China. With her exceptional intelligence, extraordinary competence in politics, and inordinate ambition, she ruled as the “Holy and Divine Emperor” of the Second Zhou Dynasty (690–705) for fifteen years.

  9. Sep 7, 2021 · Wu proclaimed herself emperor Wu Zetian, the only woman to sit on the imperial throne in China ’s history. The name Wu is associated with weapons and military force, and Zetian means ruler of the heavens and she changed the name of the state from Tang to Zhou or Tianzhou which means granted by heaven. Then, she had all the remaining Tang ...

  10. Feb 3, 2021 · Empress Wu, who was also known as Wu Zetian or Wu Zhao, was the first and only female monarch to rule China. Additionally, Wu Zhao is generally recognized as the longest reigning de facto female ruler in history, having being at the helm of affairs of the empire for close to half a century. Her meteoric rise to power began when she married ...

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