Empress Dowager Cixi

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de facto ruler empress dowager person

Empress Dowager Cixi was a powerful and controversial late Qing dynasty ruler who effectively controlled the Chinese imperial government for nearly half a century.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Cixi Taihou 1
Empress Dowager 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf de facto ruler ⓘ
empress dowager ⓘ
person ⓘ
adoptiveSon Guangxu Emperor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ
surface form: Cixi Taihou

Xiaoqin Xian Empress Dowager ⓘ
associatedWith Summer Palace ⓘ
birthDate 1835-11-29 ⓘ
birthName Yehenara Xingzhen ⓘ
birthPlace Beijing ⓘ
Hebei ⓘ
surface form: Zhili Province
burialPlace Dingdongling Mausoleum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Qing Tombs NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameToPowerThrough Xinyou Coup ⓘ
child Tongzhi Emperor ⓘ
clanName Yehenara ⓘ
coRuledWith Empress Dowager Ci'an ⓘ
Prince Gong ⓘ
country Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Qing Empire
deathDate 1908-11-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Beijing ⓘ
dynasty Qing dynasty ⓘ
era late Qing period ⓘ
ethnicity Manchu ⓘ
father Huizheng ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Xingzhen ⓘ
knownFor conservative political influence ⓘ
controversial reputation in Chinese and Western historiography ⓘ
maintaining Qing imperial rule for several decades ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
Manchu ⓘ
name Empress Dowager Cixi self-link ⓘ
notableEvent Boxer Rebellion ⓘ
Hundred Days' Reform ⓘ
Self-Strengthening Movement ⓘ
surface form: Tongzhi Restoration
orderedArrestOf Guangxu Emperor ⓘ
policy opposed radical constitutional reforms in 1898 ⓘ
supported self-strengthening movement in its early phase ⓘ
position regent of the Qing Empire ⓘ
regentFor Guangxu Emperor ⓘ
Tongzhi Emperor ⓘ
reignAsDeFactoRulerEnd 1908 ⓘ
reignAsDeFactoRulerStart 1861 ⓘ
religion Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
spouse Xianfeng Emperor ⓘ
title Empress Dowager Cixi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Empress Dowager

Grand Empress Dowager ⓘ
Noble Consort Yi ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Li Hongzhang → advisorTo → Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ
Empress Dowager Cixi → alsoKnownAs → Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cixi Taihou
Empress Dowager Cixi → name → Empress Dowager Cixi self-link ⓘ
Summer Palace → rebuiltBy → Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ
Marble Boat → rebuiltDuringReignOf → Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ
Boxer Rebellion → significantPerson → Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ
Empress Dowager Cixi → title → Empress Dowager Cixi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empress Dowager