Facts: - issue: li prince of qiao li chongjun , crown prince jiemin li chongrun chongmao , emperor shang princess xindu princess yicheng princess ding , ' an princess changning princess yongshou li xianhui , the crown princess yongtai li guo'er , the princess anle princess cheng prince ' an yide li chongfu , - title: emperor of the tang dynasty - successor: emperor ruizong emperor shang - reign: 23 february 705 -- 3 july 710 - death date: 710 7 3 656 11 26 y - predecessor: emperor the zhou dynasty gaozong vacant , wu zetian as empress of - mother: wu zetian - spouse: empress , concubine consort zheng , concubine zhao empress wei consort shangguan wan ' er - father: emperor gaozong of tang - birth date: 656 11 26 y - name: li xian - image: tang zhongzong.png Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of emperor zhongzong of tang .
emperor zhongzong of tang -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 26 november 656 -- 3 july 710 -rrb- , personal name li xian -lrb- -rrb- , at times during his life li zhe -lrb- -rrb- and wu xian -lrb- -rrb- , was the fourth emperor of the tang dynasty of china , ruling briefly in 684 and again from 705 to 710 .emperor zhongzong was the son of emperor gaozong of tang and empress wu -lrb- later known as wu zetian -rrb- .he succeeded his father in 684 .his mother , however , deposed him less than two months later in favor of his younger brother emperor ruizong .the former emperor , demoted to a princely rank , was sent in exile in the provinces and placed under house arrest .six years later , emperor ruizong in turn relinquished the throne to his mother and empress dowager wu officially proclaimed herself '' emperor '' , while emperor ruizong was made crown prince .by 698 the court was caught in the middle of a bitter power struggle .in an attempt to decrease the power struggle , empress wu liberated the former emperor from his 14 years of seclusion and recalled him to the capital in april 698 .he was reinstated as crown prince in october 698 , taking the place of his brother .on 20 february 705 , a palace coup deposed wu zetian and emperor zhongzong was restored as emperor three days later .emperor zhongzong reigned for five years but was a rather weak and easily influenced ruler .real power was in the hands of his empress consort , empress wei and her lover wu sansi -lrb- wu zetian 's nephew -rrb- .in 710 , emperor zhongzong died , allegedly poisoned by empress wei , who then installed his son , li chongmao , as emperor .empress wei , who had failed to install her daughter li guo'er , the princess anle , as heir to emperor zhongzong , thought that li chongmao , born of zhongzong and a concubine and who was only 16 years old , would be easy to control and allow her to preserve her power .the scheme failed , however , when princess taiping , the sister of emperor zhongzong , launched a coup two weeks later...