# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/empress-lu-zhi
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:37:20.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/empress-lu-zhi"
name: "Empress Lü Zhi"
slug: "empress-lu-zhi"
description: "Lü Zhi, courtesy name Exu (娥姁), and commonly known as Empress Lü and formally Empress Gao of Han, was the empress consort of Gaozu, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty. They had two known children, Liu Ying and Princess Yuan of Lu. Lü was the first woman to assume the title of \"empress of China\" and paramount power. After Gaozu's death, she was honored as empress dowager and ruled as regent during the short reigns of Emperor Hui and his successors Emperor Qianshao and Emperor Houshao."
tagline: "Empress Regent of the Han dynasty (241–180 BC)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WUL-he21_01467_%E6%96%B0%E9%90%AB%E7%B9%AA%E5%83%8F%E6%9D%B1%E8%A5%BF%E6%BC%A2%E5%85%A8%E5%82%B3_01_(%E5%91%82%E5%90%8E).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Models"
  slug: "models"
profileType:
  name: "Model"
  slug: "model"
birthDate: "-241"
deathDate: "-180"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.96739733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%95%E9%9B%89"
    title: "吕雉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%B2%D9%8A"
    title: "لو زي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperadriu_L%C3%BC_Zhi"
    title: "Emperadriu Lü Zhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%86%D8%B1%DB%95_%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ئیمپراتۆرە لو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%ADsa%C5%99ovna_L%C3%BC"
    title: "Císařovna Lü"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Zhi"
    title: "Lü Zhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_L%C3%BC"
    title: "Empress Lü"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Zhi_(emperatriz)"
    title: "Lü Zhi (emperatriz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "امپراتریس لو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Zhi_(imp%C3%A9ratrice)"
    title: "Lü Zhi (impératrice)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_L%C3%BC_Zhi"
    title: "Carica Lü Zhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Zhi"
    title: "Lü Zhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%82%E9%9B%89"
    title: "呂雉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%ED%99%A9%ED%9B%84"
    title: "고황후"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizerin_L%C3%BC"
    title: "Keizerin Lü"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Zhi"
    title: "Lü Zhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Zhi"
    title: "Lü Zhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_Hou"
    title: "Lu Hou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B9-%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%83"
    title: "Люй-хоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_L%C3%BC_Zhi"
    title: "Carica Lü Zhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84nkekejsarinnan_L%C3%BC"
    title: "Änkekejsarinnan Lü"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%BA%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88"
    title: "จักรพรรดินีลฺหวี่"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Zhi"
    title: "Lü Zhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B9_%D0%A7%D0%B6%D0%B8"
    title: "Люй Чжи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A3_h%E1%BA%ADu"
    title: "Lã hậu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298039"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump