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Princess Pingyang

598 - 623

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Princess Pingyang (Chinese: 平陽公主; pinyin: Píngyáng Gōngzhǔ, formally Princess Zhao of Pingyang (平陽昭公主, died March 623) was a Chinese princess and general. She was the only daughter of Li Yuan (later crowned as Emperor Gaozu), the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty, and his wife Empress Taimu. She helped him to seize power and eventually take over the throne from Sui dynasty by organizing an "Army of the Lady" (娘子軍), commanded by herself, in her campaign to capture the Sui capital Chang'an. She was the first woman general of the Tang dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Pingyang is the 931st most popular military personnel (down from 765th in 2019). (down from 1,157th in 2019)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Princess Pingyang ranks 931 out of 2,058Before her are George B. McClellan, Esmail Ghaani, Fritz von Below, Karl Frenzel, Fritz Freitag, and Mario Roatta. After her are Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Khalil al-Wazir, Friedrich Hossbach, Sosthenes of Macedon, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, and Boris Gromov.

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Among people born in 598, Princess Pingyang ranks 7Before her are Brahmagupta, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Qasim ibn Muhammad, Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, and Martina.  Among people deceased in 623, Princess Pingyang ranks 1

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