# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/empress-wei
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:38:58.415Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/empress-wei"
name: "Empress Wei"
slug: "empress-wei"
description: "Empress Wei was an empress consort of the Chinese Tang dynasty. She was the second wife of Emperor Zhongzong, who reigned twice, and during his second reign, she tried to emulate the example of her mother-in-law Wu Zetian and seize power. She was de facto in charge of the governmental affairs during her husband's reign, though she was not formally regent. Emperor Zhongzong's death in 710 — a death traditionally believed to be a poisoning she carried out together with her daughter Li Guo'er the Princess Anle — made her the empress dowager, and she took formal power as regent de jure during the minority of Emperor Shang of Tang. After a reign of seventeen days as regent, she was overthrown and killed in a coup led by Emperor Zhongzong's nephew Li Longji and Emperor Zhongzong's sister Princess Taiping."
tagline: "Wife of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (664-710)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E9%9F%8B%E5%90%8E.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "664"
deathDate: "0710-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.97
  momentum:             7.177355674845515
  historical:           12.217764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%A6%E7%9A%87%E5%90%8E"
    title: "韦皇后"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Wei_(Tang_dynasty)"
    title: "Empress Wei (Tang dynasty)"
    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%88%DB%8C_(%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF)"
    title: "امپراتریس وی (دودمان تانگ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaisuri_Wei"
    title: "Permaisuri Wei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%8B%E7%9A%87%E5%90%8E_(%E5%94%90%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%97)"
    title: "韋皇后 (唐中宗)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%90%ED%9B%84_%EC%9C%84%EC%94%A8"
    title: "폐후 위씨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8D%D0%B9_(%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD)"
    title: "Вэй (династия Тан)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kejsarinnan_Wei"
    title: "Kejsarinnan Wei"
    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%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "จักรพรรดินีเหวย์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9_(%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8F)"
    title: "Вей (імператриця)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_ho%C3%A0ng_h%E1%BA%ADu_(%C4%90%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dng_Trung_T%C3%B4ng)"
    title: "Vi hoàng hậu (Đường Trung Tông)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%A6%E7%9A%87%E5%90%8E"
    title: "韦皇后"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%8B%E7%9A%87%E5%90%8E"
    title: "韋皇后"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%8B%E5%90%8E"
    title: "韋后"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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