Wu Zhou
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
empress regnant,
Wu Zhao (Wu Zetian), who usurped the throne of her son, the
Emperor Ruizong of Tang, in 690. The dynasty lasted until another one of Wu Zhao's son, the
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, was restored to the throne in the Shenlong Coup in 705, marking the restoration of the
Tang dynasty. Historians generally regard the Wu Zhou as an
interregnum of the Tang dynasty.
Wu named her dynasty after the ancient
Zhou dynasty, from whom she believed herself to be descended.
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