This article is about the Tang Dynasty princess. For the Han Dynasty princess, see Princess Pingyang (Han dynasty).
Princess Zhao of Pingyang
Born
Between 589 and 598[1]
Died
March 623
Spouse
Chai Shao (柴紹)
Issue
Chai Zhewei, Duke of Qiao (柴哲威) Chai Lingwu, Duke of Xiangyang (柴令武)
Posthumous name
Zhao (昭)
Father
Emperor Gaozu of Tang
Mother
Empress Taimu
Princess Pingyang (Chinese: 平陽公主; pinyin: Píngyáng Gōngzhǔ, formally Princess Zhao of Pingyang (平陽昭公主, 590s – 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.
^While the birth year of the princess was not recorded in historical sources, it is known that she was younger than Li Jiancheng, but older than Li Shimin. In vol.197 of Zizhi Tongjian, Li Shimin (by then the emperor) apologized to Princess Changguang for executing Zhao Jie (her son with her first husband Zhao Cijing) and addressed her as "elder sister" (初，长广公主适赵慈景，生节；慈景死，更适师道。师道与长孙无忌等共鞫承乾狱，阴为赵节道地，由是获谴。上至公主所，公主以首击地，泣谢子罪，上亦拜泣曰：“赏不避仇雠，罚不阿亲戚，此天下至公之道，不敢违也，以是负姊。”). In vol.83 of Xin Tang Shu, Princess Changguang was listed as Li Yuan's fifth daughter. Thus, Princess Pingyang, as Li Yuan's third daughter, must be older than Li Shimin.
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