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*''Reign: [[690]]-[[705]]''
*''Reign: [[690]]-[[705]]''
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 武則天 ''(Wǔ Zétiān / Busokuten)''
Empress Wu, monarch of her self-proclaimed Zhou Dynasty<ref>Not to be confused with the Zhou Dynasty, c. 1046–256 BCE.</ref> which briefly interrupted the [[Tang Dynasty]], is known as the only woman to have ever ruled China in her own name, as Empress Regnant (that is, not as regent or empress dowager, on behalf of a son or husband).
Empress Wu, monarch of her self-proclaimed Zhou Dynasty<ref>Not to be confused with the Zhou Dynasty, c. 1046–256 BCE.</ref> which briefly interrupted the [[Tang Dynasty]], is known as the only woman to have ever ruled China in her own name, as Empress Regnant (that is, not as regent or empress dowager, on behalf of a son or husband).