Facts: - issue: princess yuwen eying , duchess of guangzong - title: princess . great empress tianyuan -lrb- 578 -- 579 -rrb- leping -lrb- 586 -- 609 -rrb- prev - mother: empress dugu - spouse: emperor xuan of northern zhou - death date: 609 561 - father: emperor wen of sui - birth date: 561 - name: yang lihua Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yang lihua .
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yang lihua -lrb- ; 561 -- 609 -rrb- was an empress of the chinese/xianbei dynasty northern zhou , and later a princess of sui dynasty .her husband was emperor xuan of northern zhou -lrb- yuwen yun -rrb- , and her father was emperor wen of sui -lrb- yang jian -rrb- .yang lihua was born in 561 , as the oldest child of yang jian , then the heir apparent to yang zhong -lrb- -rrb- the duke of sui , and yang jian 's wife dugu qieluo .in 568 , her grandfather yang zhong died , and her father yang jian inherited the title of duke of sui .in fall 573 , emperor wu took her as the wife to yuwen yun , then his crown prince , and she thereafter carried the title of crown princess .he was 14 and she was 12 .in summer 578 , emperor wu died , and yuwen yun took the throne -lrb- as emperor xuan -rrb- .he created her empress .-lrb- she bore him no sons and one daughter , yuwen eying -lrb- -rrb- , although yuwen eying 's birth year is not clear . -rrb-emperor xuan was excessive and erratic in his behavior , and less than a year after taking the throne , in spring 579 , he formally passed the throne to his son yuwen chan -lrb- as emperor jing -rrb- , born of his concubine consort zhu manyue .he took an atypical title for a retired emperor -- '' emperor tianyuan '' -lrb- , '' tianyuan huangdi '' -rrb- .she thereafter took the title of '' empress tianyuan '' -lrb- , '' tianyuan huanghou '' -rrb- .however , as part of his unusual behavior , he soon decided that he would create four empresses , so he created three of his concubines -- consort zhu , consort chen yueyi , and consort yuan leshang -- empress titles as well , but different from empress yang 's to distinguish them .-lrb- empress zhu was '' tianyuan di hou '' -lrb- -rrb- ; empress chen was '' tian zhuo huanghou '' -lrb- -rrb- ; and empress yuan was '' tian you huanghou '' -lrb- -rrb- . -rrb-however , empress yang continued to be recognized as the most honored among his empresses .-lrb- he later added one more empress ,...