Empress Dowager Cixi

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkb:regency
gptkbp:adoptedSon gptkb:Guangxu_Emperor
gptkbp:birthDate 29 November 1835
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Yehenara_Xingzhen
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Beijing,_China
gptkbp:burialPlace Ding Dongling, Eastern Qing Tombs, Hebei, China
gptkbp:child gptkb:Tongzhi_Emperor
gptkbp:deathDate 15 November 1908
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Zhongnanhai,_Beijing,_China
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Qing_dynasty
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Manchu
gptkbp:house gptkb:Yehe_Nara_clan
gptkbp:knownFor conservative policies
modernization efforts
de facto ruler of China
ending the Hundred Days' Reform
influence over late Qing dynasty
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Hundred_Days'_Reform
gptkb:Xinyou_Coup
gptkb:Boxer_Rebellion
gptkb:Self-Strengthening_Movement
gptkbp:portrait Portrait by Hubert Vos, 1905
gptkbp:portrayedBy film and television
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Empress_Dowager_Ci'an
gptkbp:regency 1861
gptkbp:reign 1861–1908
gptkbp:reignEnd 1908
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Xianfeng_Emperor
gptkbp:subjectOf historical studies
numerous biographies
Jung Chang's biography 'Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China'
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Longyu_Empress_Dowager
gptkbp:title gptkb:monarchy
gptkb:Empress_of_the_Western_Palace
gptkb:Grand_Empress_Dowager
gptkb:Holy_Mother_Empress_Dowager
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Li_Hongzhang
gptkb:Age_of_Imperialism
gptkb:Boxer_Rebellion
gptkb:Qing_dynasty
gptkb:Summer_Palace
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Empress Dowager Cixi