Grand Empress Dowager Cixi

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Grand_Empress_Dowager_Cixi
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
de facto ruler
gptkbp:adoptedSon gptkb:Guangxu_Emperor
gptkbp:birthDate 1835-11-29
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Yehenara_Xingzhen
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Beijing
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Ding_Dongling,_Eastern_Qing_Tombs
gptkbp:causeOfDeath illness
gptkbp:child gptkb:Tongzhi_Emperor
gptkbp:clan gptkb:Yehe_Nara
gptkbp:deathDate 1908-11-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Beijing
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Qing_dynasty
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Manchu
gptkbp:house gptkb:Aisin_Gioro_(by_marriage)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Grand Empress Dowager Cixi
gptkbp:knownFor conservative policies
modernization efforts
influence over late Qing dynasty
gptkbp:language gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
gptkb:Manchu
gptkbp:notableAction suppression of Hundred Days' Reform
coup against regents in 1861
expulsion of foreign powers from Beijing (1900)
patronage of Peking opera
reconstruction of Summer Palace
restoration of Guangxu Emperor
support of Boxer Rebellion
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Hundred_Days'_Reform
gptkb:Boxer_Rebellion
gptkb:Self-Strengthening_Movement
gptkbp:portrayedBy gptkb:film
gptkb:literature
gptkb:television
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Empress_Dowager_Ci'an
gptkbp:reignEnd 1908
gptkbp:reignStart 1861
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Forbidden_City
gptkb:Summer_Palace
gptkbp:role gptkb:regency
power behind the throne
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Xianfeng_Emperor
gptkbp:status regent for Guangxu Emperor
regent for Tongzhi Emperor
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Longyu_Empress_Dowager
gptkbp:title gptkb:monarchy
gptkb:Grand_Empress_Dowager
gptkb:Noble_Consort_Yi
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Grand_Empress_Dowager
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6