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Cixi | Biography Facts | Britannica Cixi, consort of the Xianfeng emperor (reigned 1850–61), mother of the Tongzhi emperor (reigned 1861–75), adoptive mother of the Guangxu emperor (reigned 1875–1908), and a towering presence over the Chinese empire for almost half a century
Empress Dowager Cixi: Her Life, Reign, and Mystery - China Highlights Cixi stands out as infamous in Qing Dynasty history (ruling 1861–1908) Past the smoke and screens, she lived as a powerful ruler behind two of the last emperors, and had a hand in imperial court policy in the last several decades of the Qing Dynasty
Cixi, the controversial empress dowager who modernized China After Cixi seized power, the brilliant queen regent of China never let it go and guided her people into the 20th century Born in 1835, the girl who would gain fame as the Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi - Chinese History - ThoughtCo Few people in history have been as thoroughly vilified as the Empress Dowager Cixi (sometimes spelled Tzu Hsi), one of the last empresses of China's Qing Dynasty
Who Was Empress Dowager Cixi? - History Hit Active from the 1860s into the 1900s, Cixi was a formidable figure in imperial China, effectively ruling the Qing dynasty’s government for almost half a century She remains one of the most powerful women in Chinese history
What Did Empress Dowager Cixi Do? - Son Of China Empress Dowager Tzu Shi, who was popularly known as Cixi, was a Chinese concubine and noblewoman from the Machu Yehe Nara clan in China She was appointed to govern the state, and during her reign in the late Qing dynasty for forty- seven years, she controlled the state affairs of the Chinese government
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Became China‘s Ruler In the annals of Chinese history, few figures loom as large or cast as long a shadow as Empress Dowager Cixi For nearly half a century, Cixi was the most powerful woman in China, ruling over the twilight years of the Qing dynasty as regent and de facto sovereign
The Rise of Empress Dowager Cixi: From Regent to Absolute Ruler of Qing . . . As the Xianfeng Emperor’s consort and mother of the new Tongzhi Emperor, Cixi emerged as China’s de facto ruler during the 1860s, particularly since the East Empress Dowager Ci’an showed little interest in governance Cixi’s initial regency (1861-1873) demonstrated remarkable political caution
Cixi - Asia Society The Empress Dowager Cixi was the last paramount ruler of the Qing Dynasty While she governed primarily through the regency, her stranglehold on court power held firm for five decades
CHINA UNDER THE EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI | Facts and Details Empress Dowager Cixi (1835 – 1908) was a Chinese empress dowager and regent who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty for 47 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908