Xiaoqin Xian Empress Dowager

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Xiaoqin Xian Empress Dowager is another name for Empress Dowager Cixi, the powerful late Qing dynasty regent who effectively ruled China from behind the throne in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf Chinese historical figure
Empress dowager
Qing dynasty person
regent
alsoKnownAs Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi
Xiaoqin Xian Huangtaihou
burialPlace Eastern Qing Tombs
burialSite Dingdongling Mausoleum
child Tongzhi Emperor
clan Yehenara clan
countryOfCitizenship Qing dynasty
dateOfBirth 1835-11-29
dateOfDeath 1908-11-15
dynasty Qing dynasty
era Late Qing period
eraNameContext Guangxu era
Tongzhi era
linked to: Tongzhi Restoration
ethnicity Manchu
familyName Yehenara
givenName Xingzhen
honoraryTitle Empress Dowager
involvedIn Hundred Days' Reform
Self-Strengthening Movement
languageSpoken Manchu
Mandarin Chinese
notableEvent Xinyou Coup of 1861
linked to: Xinyou Coup
notableFor exercising de facto imperial power as empress dowager
influencing Qing foreign and domestic policy
orderedHouseArrestOf Guangxu Emperor
periodOfInfluence early 20th century
late 19th century
personalName Yehenara Xingzhen
placeOfBirth Beijing
placeOfDeath Beijing
politicalFaction Manchu court conservatives
positionHeld Empress Dowager of the Qing dynasty
de facto ruler of China
regent of the Qing dynasty
powerBase Forbidden City
predecessorInPower Xianfeng Emperor
regentFor Guangxu Emperor
Tongzhi Emperor
reignOrActivityEnd 1908
reignOrActivityStart 1861
religion Chinese Buddhism
ruledFromBehindTheThrone true
spouse Xianfeng Emperor
stepChild Guangxu Emperor
successorInPower Prince Chun (Zaifeng) as regent for Puyi

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Empress Dowager Cixi alsoKnownAs Xiaoqin Xian Empress Dowager