List of family of Wu Zetian

The following is a list of the relatives of Wu Zetian, the late 7th and early 8th century ruler of China:

• Great-Great-Great-Grandfather
  • Wu Heje (武克已), posthumously honored as Emperor Cheng 成皇帝 (with the temple name of Yanzu 嚴祖)
• Great-Great-Great-Grandmother
  • Lady Pei, Wu Heje's wife, posthumously honored as Empress Chengzhuang (成莊皇后)
• Great-Great-Grandfather
  • Wu Juchang (武居常), posthumously honored as Emperor Jianjin 章敬皇帝 (with the temple name of Suzu 肅祖)
• Great-Great-Grandmother
  • Lady Liu, Wu Juichang's wife, posthumously honored as Empress Zhangjing (章敬皇后)
• Great-Grandfather
  • Wu Jian (武儉), posthumously honored as Emperor Zhaoan 昭安皇帝 (with the temple name of Lizu 烈祖)
• Great-grandmother
  • Lady Song, Wu Jian's wife, posthumously honored as Empress Zhao'an (昭安皇后)
• Grandfather
  • Wu Hua (武華), posthumously honored as Emperor Wenmu 文穆皇帝 (with the temple name of Xuanzu 顯祖)
• Grandmother
  • Lady Zhao, Wu Hua's wife, posthumously honored as Empress Wenmu (文穆皇后)
• Father
  • Wu Shihuo (武士彠) (559 - 635), Duke Ding of Ying, later further successively posthumously honored as the Duke of Zhou, the Prince of Taiyuan, King Zhongxiao (忠孝王), and Emperor Wushangxiaominggao 無上孝明高皇帝(with the temple name of Taizu 太祖)
• Mother
  • Lady Yang (579 - 3 October 670), Wu Shihuo's second wife, daughter of Yang Da (551 - 612), honored as the Lady of Rong, Lady of Zuan, Lady of Wei, and finally Lady Zhonglie of Lu, later further successively posthumously honored with titles corresponding to Wu Shihuo's; she came from the aristocratic Yang family of the Hong Ning region and was of the same clan as the imperial family of the Sui dynasty. (Her father's older brother was Yang Xiong (楊雄), the father of Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao).
• Husband
  • Emperor Taizong of Tang
  • Emperor Gaozong of Tang
• Major known lovers
  • Huaiyi, né Feng Xiaobao (馮小寶) (name changed 685), the Duke of Liang (created 688) then the Duke of E (created 690, killed 695)
  • Shen Nanqiu (沈南璆), imperial physician
  • Zhang Yizhi, the Duke of Heng (created 702, killed 705)
  • Zhang Changzong, the Duke of Ye (created 702, killed 705)
• Children
  • Li Hong (李弘) (b. 652), originally the Prince of Dai (created 653), later the Crown Prince (created 656, poisoned 675), posthumously honored Emperor Xiaojing with the temple name Yizong
  • Li Xián (李賢) (note different tone than his brother) (b. 653), name changed to Li De (李德) 672, changed back to Li Xián 674, originally the Prince of Lu (created 655), later the Prince of Pei (created 661), later the Prince of Yong (created 672), later the Crown Prince (created 675), later demoted to commoner rank (demoted 680, forced to commit suicide 684), posthumously initially honored the Prince of Yong, later honored Crown Prince Zhanghuai
  • Li Xiǎn (李顯) (note different tone than his brother) (b. 655), name changed to Li Zhe (李哲) 677, changed back to Li Xiǎn 698, changed to Wu Xian (武顯) 700, changed back to Li Xian 705, initially the Prince of Zhou (created 656), later the Prince of Ying (created 677), later the Crown Prince (created 680), later Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (enthroned 684), later demoted to Prince of Luling (demoted 684), later the Crown Prince (created 698), later emperor again (705)
  • Li Dan (李旦), né Li Xulun (李旭輪) (b. 662), name changed to Li Lun (李輪) 669, changed again to Li Dan 678, changed again to Wu Lun (武輪) 690, changed again to Wu Dan (武旦) 698, changed back to Li Dan 705, originally the Prince of Yin (created 662), later the Prince of Yu (created 666), later the Prince of Ji (created 669), later the Prince of Xiang (created 675), later the Prince of Yu (created 678), later Emperor Ruizong of Tang (enthroned 684), later demoted to Crown Prince (demoted 690), later demoted to Prince of Xiang (demoted 698), later emperor again (710)
  • Princess Si of Anding (born and died 654), supposedly murdered by Emperor Gaozong's first wife Empress Wang
  • Princess Taiping (forced to commit suicide 713)