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Empress Dowager Cixi [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì] (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908), was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent for almost 50 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908.
Empress Dowager. Born: November 29, 1835, Beijing, China. Died: November 15, 1908, Beijing (aged 72) Notable Family Members: son Tongzhi. Role In: Boxer Rebellion. Siege of the International Legations. Top Questions. Why is Cixi important? How did Cixi come to power? Where is Cixi buried?
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- Cixi was one of the most powerful women in the history of China, active from the 1860s into the 1900s. As mother or adoptive mother of two Chinese...
- Cixi was a concubine of the Chinese emperor Xianfeng and bore him his only son. Upon Xianfeng’s death in 1861, their six-year-old son became empero...
- Cixi is buried in the Eastern Qing Tombs, an imperial burial ground located northeast of Beijing, China.
Empress dowager (also dowager empress or empress mother) (Chinese and Japanese: 皇太后; pinyin: huángtàihòu; rōmaji: Kōtaigō; Korean: 황태후 (皇太后); romaja: Hwang Tae Hu; Vietnamese: Hoàng Thái Hậu (皇太后)) is the English language translation of the title given to the mother or widow of a Chinese emperor, Japanese ...
Learn about the life and legacy of Cixi, the most powerful empress in Chinese history, who ruled China for nearly 50 years. See her portrait painted by an American artist and presented to President Roosevelt in 1904.
Learn about Cixi, the powerful woman who ruled behind the screens of two Qing emperors for 47 years. Discover her role in the Taiping Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion, and the fall of the empire.
Mar 1, 2008 · The image of Cixi as a cruel and greedy tyrant gained historical traction in 1910, when Backhouse and another British journalist, J.O.P. Bland, published the book China Under the Empress...
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Cixi, the controversial concubine who became queen, led China into the modern age. After Cixi seized power, the brilliant queen regent of China never let it go and guided her people into the 20th...
