Princess Anle, personal name Li Guo'er, was a Chinese princess of the Tang dynasty.
15 Facts About Princess Anle
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Princess Anle was the youngest daughter of Emperor Zhongzong and his wife Empress Wei.
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Princess Anle is said to have been born at a time when Li Zhe had, after a brief reign in 684, been deposed by his mother Empress Dowager Wu, reduced to the title of Prince of Lulin, and exiled to Fang Prefecture.
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Princess Anle was replaced by his brother Li Dan the Prince of Yu.
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In spring 706, Emperor Zhongzong issued an edict that, in an unprecedented manner, established staffs for seven princesses: his sister Princess Taiping; his daughters Princesses Changning, Yicheng, Xindu, Ding'an, and Anle; and Princess Jincheng, the daughter of his cousin Li Shouli the Prince of Yong.
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Princess Anle even murdered officials who opposed her, wrongfully occupied lands belonging to others, captured free people, especially children, as slaves, and engaged in other illegal activities.
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Princess Anle spent money recklessly, building many magnificent buildings, palaces, parks, and temples on a large scale, especially on behalf of her father, which caused great strain on the imperial treasury and the burden of the common people.
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Princess Anle requested that she be made crown princess.
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Princess Anle did make her brother Li Chongjun, born of a concubine, crown prince.
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Meanwhile, in the aftermaths of Li Chongjun's rebellion, Emperor Zhongzong had his alleged coconspirators investigated, at both Li Guo'er and the minister of defense Zong Chuke tried to implicate both Li Dan and Princess Anle Taiping into the plot, but at the urging of the deputy minister of civil services and deputy imperial censor Xiao Zhizhong stopped the investigations into Li Dan and Princess Anle Taiping.
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Li Guo'er actions worsened the conflict between her and her aunt, Princess Anle Taiping, and became apparent in the eyes of Emperor Zhongzong.
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Princess Anle competed with Princess Changning in their extravagance, building mansions that were even more luxurious than imperial palaces.
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Princess Anle spent enormous amounts of money adorning her private pleasure park, having workers excavate a sixteen-mile circumference lake, dig out a river in the form of the milky way, and pile stones in the form of the sacred Mount Hua.
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Princess Anle built many Buddhist temples, as did her mother Empress Wei and sister Princess Changning.
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Less than a month later imperial guards, incited by Li Dan's son Li Longji the Prince of Linzi and Princess Anle Taiping, attacked the palace.