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Empress Lü

241 BC - 180 BC

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Lü Zhi (241 BC – 18 August 180 BC), courtesy name E'xu (娥姁) and commonly known as Empress Lü (traditional Chinese: 呂后; simplified Chinese: 吕后; pinyin: Lǚ Hòu) and formally Empress Gao of Han (漢高后; 汉高后; Hàn Gāo Hòu), was the empress consort of Gaozu, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty. They had two known children, Liu Ying (later Emperor Hui of Han) and Princess Yuan of Lu. Lü was the first woman to assume the title Empress of China and paramount power. After Gaozu's death, she was honoured as empress dowager and regent during the short reigns of Emperor Hui and his successors Emperor Qianshao of Han and Liu Hong (Emperor Houshao). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Empress Lü is the 2,420th most popular politician (down from 1,641st in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from China (down from 118th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Chinese Politician.

Empress Lü was most famous for being the first woman to rule China in her own right.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Empress Lü ranks 2,420 out of 19,576. Before her are Theudebert I, Dangun, Emperor Itoku, Prajadhipok, Theodoric II, and Guntram. After her are Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Walther Rathenau, Sekhemkhet, Hugh, Count of Vermandois, Seleucus II Callinicus, and Charles Edward Stuart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 241 BC, Empress Lü ranks 2. Before her is Antiochus III the Great.  Among people deceased in 180 BC, Empress Lü ranks 2. Before her is Ptolemy V Epiphanes. After her are Aristophanes of Byzantium, Emperor Houshao of Han, Diocles, Demetrius I of Bactria, Brihadratha Maurya, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus.

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In China

Among people born in China, Empress Lü ranks 149 out of 1,610. Before her are Emperor Guangwu of Han (-5), Wu Sangui (1612), Emperor Ruizong of Tang (662), Edmond H. Fischer (1920), Bai Qi (-250), and Zhengde Emperor (1491). After her are Emperor Huizong of Song (1082), Huineng (638), Jiang Ziya (-1090), Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (656), Chenghua Emperor (1447), and Liu Xiaobo (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Empress Lü ranks 92. Before her are Hong Xiuquan (1814), 1st Dalai Lama (1391), Ziying (-300), Emperor Guangwu of Han (-5), Emperor Ruizong of Tang (662), and Zhengde Emperor (1491). After her are Emperor Huizong of Song (1082), Jiang Ziya (-1090), Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (656), Chenghua Emperor (1447), Zhu De (1886), and Hongzhi Emperor (1470).

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