Uzatyen

Uzatyen (684-16 December 748), is queen regnant of Mie as the last monarch of Mie Kingdom and queen consort as wife of King Chinu. She is also mother of 2 succeeding monarchs of Mie State.

She is of Chinese origin, daughter of Usayo, a viceroy of Mie, by his second wife Yang Ya. When she was 14, she entered the harem to serve King Reshimin as one of his concubines, and became a nun after Reshimin’s death. Later she married Reshimin’s son, King Chinu, to be his high-ranking concubine. In 715, she framed Queen Vaungsuchao to cause the queen’s deposition, which made her ascend to Queen consort of Mie. From 734, she named herself “Queen of Gods” and ruled the kingdom with her husband. After Chinu’s death, she continued to rule as the queen regent of her two sons. In 742, Uzatyen deposed her youngest son, King Ridan, to become Queen regnant officially, then moved the capital from Sheyn-an to Royein. She is not a good ruler, with her personality of cruel, stupid, selfish, lavish and arrogant. She ordered to kill many royal members during her reign, as well as she carried out a reign of terror domestically. In 746, the Eadien Empire defeated Mie kingdom and made it a vassal state. As the leader of Mie, Uzatyen was captured and deposed, but she escaped soon, and hid in a manor as a slave. She was found and arrested 2 years later, then Emperor Alan II of Eadien ordered her death penalty. She was finally decapitated to execute.