Wu Zhao Life

  • 624

    624 CE

    Wu Zhao was born to a wealthy family during the Tang Dynasty
  • 638

    638 CE

    She became a junior concubine of the emperor
  • 649

    649 CE

    The emperor died, so she was sent to A Buddhist nunnery. But the new emperor took interest of her, and brought her back to court as a senior concubine
  • 660

    660 CE

    Gaozong(current emperor) had a stroke making Wu Zhao do most of the duties because she had the intelligence, expirence and the skill to do so.
  • 683

    683 CE

    The emperor died so she gave it to one of the sons. But she didn't like that he was so independent so he kicked him off the throne and appointed her other son as Emperor.
  • 690

    690 CE

    She decided she wanted to be emperor so she kicked off the other son and made herself the new emperor. This interupted Tang dynasty
  • 705

    705 CE

    After half a century of controlling the empire, she died.