Facts: - issue: li , prince gong of pu li zhi , emperor gaozong chengqian li lize , princess changle princess chengyang li mingda , , princess jinyang princess xincheng prince min of hengshan li tai - death place: chang ' an , tang china - succession: empress consort of the tang dynasty - reign: 4 september 626 -- 28 july 636 - mother: lady gao - death date: 28 july 636 -lrb- aged 35/36 -rrb- - spouse: emperor taizong of tang - father: zhangsun sheng - birth date: 601 - name: empress zhangsun - birth place: chang ' an , sui china Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of empress zhangsun .
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empress zhangsun -lrb- , personal name unknown -rrb- -lrb- 601 -- 28 july 636 -rrb- , formally empress wendeshunsheng -lrb- , literally '' the civil , virtuous , serene , and holy empress '' -rrb- or , in short , empress wende -lrb- -rrb- , was an empress of the chinese dynasty tang dynasty .she was the wife of emperor taizong and the mother of emperor gaozong .she was of xianbei origin and well educated .