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The title, Empress dowager, could be granted a widow of an Emperor even when she had not been the Empress consort during the reign of her spouse. Therefore, a separate list is given of the Empresses dowager, which, in some cases, equals the list of Empresses consort, and in other cases, not.
The empresses of the Yuan dynasty of China were mainly of Mongol ethnicity, with the exception of Empress Gi who was previously a Kongnyo (Chinese: 貢女; lit. 'tribute women') from Goryeo. Empress Gwon who also came from Goryeo later became the empress consort of Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara of Northern Yuan dynasty.
Pages in category "Chinese empresses" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The relevancy of these figures to the earliest Chinese people is unknown, since most accounts of them were written from the Warring States period (c. 475–221 BCE) onwards. [22] The sinologist Kwang-chih Chang has generalized the typical stages: "the first period was populated by gods , the second by demigods / culture hero , and the third by ...
His name had been Mianning (Chinese: 綿寧), but he changed it to Minning when he acceded the throne because a naming taboo on the common character Mian (Chinese: 綿; lit. 'cotton') would have been too inconvenient. [37] 29 years and 147 days 8 Xianfeng Emperor 咸豐帝 (1831–1861) 9 March 1850 22 August 1861 Aisin-Gioro Yizhu 愛新覺羅 ...
Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang: Bayasihulang (巴雅斯户朗) Khorchin Borjigin: Princess Yong'an Duanzhen of the First Rank (固伦永安端贞公主) Empress Xiaoduanwen [18] [27] 1648 Hashang (哈尚) Borjigin: Ninth daughter (1635-1652) Lady Jarud Borjigin [28] 1651 Huisai (辉塞) Gūwalgiya: Lady of the Second Rank (1635-1661) Lady Nara 1647
Official Chinese histories list only one reigning empress, Empress Wu of Tang. However, there have been numerous cases in Chinese history where a woman was the actual power behind the imperial throne. Empress Dowager Cixi, Regent of China considered de facto sovereign of China for 47 years during AD 1861–1908
The Yuan dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China, proclaimed on 18 December 1271 by Kublai Khan, which succeeded the Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty.It also functioned as a continuation of the Mongol Empire, which was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, but which subsequently split into four autonomous states.