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The Empress of the Nara clan (11 March 1718 [1] – 19 August 1766 [2]) of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner, was the second wife of the Qianlong Emperor. [3] She was the empress consort of the Qing dynasty from 1750 until her death in 1766. Informally known as the Step-Empress, she is one of the most controversial female figures in Chinese ...
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. Selected as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor in her ...
Empress Dowager Cixi, Qing dynasty. 1643–1649: Empress Xiaoduanwen; 1643–1688: Empress Dowager Zhaosheng; 1661–1663: Empress Dowager Cihe; 1661–1718: Empress Dowager Renxian; 1722–1723: Empress Dowager Renshou; 1735–1777: Empress Dowager Chongqing; 1820–1850: Empress Dowager Gongci; 1855: Empress Dowager Kangci; 1861–1881 ...
Empress Dowager Ci'an. Empress Xiaozhenxian (12 August 1837 – 8 April 1881), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and empress consort of Yizhu, the Xianfeng Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1852 until her husband's death in 1861, after which she was honored as Empress ...
Empress Xiaocigao (Qing dynasty) Empress Xiaocigao (1575 – 31 October 1603), of the Manchu Yehe Nara clan, personal name Monggo Jerjer, was a consort of Nurhaci. She was 16 years his junior.
On 23 January 1738, Lady Fuca, as the new emperor's primary consort, was instated as empress. She was assisted by the now Consort Gao in managing the palace at large and caring for Empress Dowager Chongqing. In the Draft History of Qing, Empress Fuca is described as a respected and virtuous person. She looked after the people in the palace ...
Wanrong (Chinese: 婉容; 13 November 1906 – 20 June 1946), of the Manchu Plain White Banner Gobulo clan, was the wife and empress consort of Puyi, the last emperor of China. She is sometimes anachronistically called the Xuantong Empress, referring to Puyi's era name. She was the titular empress consort of the former Qing dynasty from their ...
e. The Qing dynasty (/ tʃɪŋ / ching), officially the Great Qing, [d] was a Manchu -led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history. The dynasty, proclaimed in Shenyang in 1636, [7] seized control of Beijing in 1644, which is considered the start of the dynasty's rule. [2][1][8][9][10][11] The dynasty lasted ...