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Princess Gaoyang
Seventeenth daughter of Emperor Taizong involved in Tang succession strife
A mansion gate with a double blue-tiled roof stands on stone steps flanked by two stone lions, with a garden walkway, a lily pond and rockery at the left and lanterns under the eaves; at the right one person stands beside a saddled horse with a rider.
Also known as Lady Gaoyang
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Princess Gaoyang was a daughter of Emperor Taizong of Tang, said to be his seventeenth. She married Fang Yi'ai, the second son of Fang Xuanling, in 648 and was later titled Senior Princess Gaoyang under Gaozong. The New Book of Tang and the Zizhi Tongjian record an affair with the monk Bianji, which scholars doubt. In 653 she falsely accused Fang Yizhi over his title, the inquiry uncovered a plot with Li Yuanjing, Fang Yi'ai was executed and she was ordered to take her own life.
Life and times
Dates c. 627 - 653