POLITICIAN

Wu Zetian

624 - 705

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Wu Zetian (17 February 624 – 16 December 705), personal name Wu Zhao, was Empress of China from 660 to 705, ruling first through others and later in her own right. She ruled as empress consort through her husband Emperor Gaozong and later as empress dowager through her sons Emperors Zhongzong and Ruizong, from 660 to 690. She subsequently founded and ruled as empress regent of the Wu Zhou dynasty of China from 690 to 705. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wu Zetian has received more than 4,753,757 page views. Her biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Wu Zetian is the 270th most popular politician (up from 318th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from China (up from 20th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Chinese Politician.

Wu Zetian is most famous for being the only woman in Chinese history to rule China.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wu Zetian ranks 270 out of 19,576. Before her are Henry II of France, Konrad Adenauer, Philip IV of Spain, Georges Danton, Georgy Zhukov, and Philippe Pétain. After her are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Numa Pompilius, Elagabalus, Brutus the Younger, Ferdinand II of Aragon, and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 624, Wu Zetian ranks 2. Before her is Hasan ibn Ali. After her are Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Yazdegerd III, and Adomnán. Among people deceased in 705, Wu Zetian ranks 1. After her are Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Pope John VI, Tiberius III, Leontios, Lambert of Maastricht, Alpaida, and Aldfrith of Northumbria.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wu Zetian ranks 18 out of 1,610. Before her are 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Xi Jinping (1953), Kublai Khan (1215), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Du Fu (712), and Chiang Kai-shek (1887). After her are Cao Cao (155), Hu Jintao (1942), Xuanzang (602), Qianlong Emperor (1711), Guan Yu (162), and Liu Bei (161).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Wu Zetian ranks 9. Before her are Qin Shi Huang (-258), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Xi Jinping (1953), Kublai Khan (1215), and Empress Dowager Cixi (1835). After her are Hu Jintao (1942), Qianlong Emperor (1711), Liu Bei (161), Kangxi Emperor (1654), Jiang Zemin (1926), and Puyi (1906).

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