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Wu Zhao

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Wu Zhao (625-705)

Chinese concubine and empress of the Tang dynasty (690-705). The only female sovereign in the history of China, she was concubine to the emperors Tai Zong and Gao Zong and appointed herself empress after Gao Zong's death. Reputedly responsible for the conquest of Korea (655-675), she subsequently manipulated power by passing control of the empire between her sons Zhong Zong and Rui Zong.
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