Princess Taiping (太平公主) (655? - 713), was the princess of Tang dynasty of China. She was the daughter of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu Zetian. Events November 15 - Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats the pagan Mercian king Penda in the Battle of Winwaed Empress Saimei ascends to the throne of Japan. ... Events Byzantine Emperor Philippicus deposed. ... The Tang Dynasty (唐&#26397 Hanyu Pinyin táng cháo; 618-907) followed the Sui Dynasty and preceded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. ... Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in China ruled from 650 to 683. ... Wu Zetian (武則天) (625 - December 16, 705), personal name Wu Zhao (武曌), was the only female emperor in the history of China, founding her own dynasty, the Zhou (周), and ruling under the name Emperor Shengshen (聖神皇帝) from 690 to 705. ...

Because of the guilt felt by Empress Wu Zetian for murdering a previous daughter, while trying to gain power in the palace, Princess Taiping had become a substitude for loss and hence she was beloved and spoiled by the Empress Wu Zetian during her youth. She had become an important and respected figure during her mother's reign as Empress under the second Zhou dynasty 690-705. Events Beginning of Wu Zetians Zhou Dynasty in China. ... Alternate meaning: Area code 705 Events End of the short-lived Zhou Dynasty in China Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik succeeded by al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik. ...

Princess Taiping was an advocate for the preservation of the Tang dynasty and its imperial Li family. After the death of Empress Wu Zetian in 705, Princess Taiping aligned herself with her nephew Li Longji (later Emperor Xuanzong) to regain power for the Tang dynasty. In 710, she and Li Longji successfully foiled Empress Wei's plot to gain control of power. Alternate meaning: Area code 705 Events End of the short-lived Zhou Dynasty in China Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik succeeded by al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik. ... Emperor Tang Xuanzong (唐玄宗) (685 - 762), born Li Longji (李隆基), was the sixth emperor of the Tang dynasty of China reigining from 712 to 756. ... Events End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Japan. ...

After Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne in 712, Princess Taiping's senority and power was seen as a threat to the young emperor and after a brief struggle, Princess Taiping was given an honorable death sentence to commit suicide by hanging herself in 713. Events Ansprand succeeds Aripert as king of the Lombards June 12 - Luitprand succeeds his father Ansprand as king of the Lombards Tang Xuan Zhong succeeds Tang Rui Zong as emperor of China Births Al-Mansur, second Abbasid caliph Du Fu, Chinese poet Deaths Aripert, king of the Lombards Ansprand, king... Events Byzantine Emperor Philippicus deposed. ...