Zhou, known in historiography as the Wu Zhou, was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that existed between 690 and 705. The dynasty consisted of the reign of one female emperor, Wu Zhao (Wu Zetian), who in 690 deposed her son, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, and established her own Zhou dynasty with herself as huangdi, or emperor. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wu Zetian deposed her own son, the reigning Tang emperor, in 690 and ruled in her own right as Zhou's founder and emperor, not merely as a Tang regent.
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The Shenlong coup of 705 restored the Tang dynasty, the same polity entity that preceded Zhou; recorded as a second succeeded-by edge to the one Tang dynasty entity, one bracketing edge on each side of the interregnum.
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She had previously held power as the empress consort of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang dynasty from 660 to 683 and as empress dowager during the reigns of her sons, Emperors Zhongzong and Ruizong, between 683 and 690. She was the sole ruler of the self-styled Zhou dynasty from 690 to 705. In her early life, Wu served as a concubine of Emperor Taizong.
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In 690, she deposed her son, Emperor Ruizong, and established her Zhou Dynasty with herself as huangdi
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17 October 690
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21 February 705
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Shendu (Luoyang)
Zhou dynasty (interregnum): Status
Zhou (Chinese: 周), known in historiography as the Wu Zhou (Chinese: 武周), was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that existed between 690 and 705.
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in 705, when she was 81 years old, the combined forces of the Li-Tang family took advantage of her weakening grip on the state and removed her from power.
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