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Empress Dowager Cixi

1835 - 1908

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Empress Dowager Cixi (Mandarin pronunciation: [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì]; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively but periodically 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 adolescence, she gave birth to a son, Zaichun, in 1856. After the Xianfeng Emperor's death in 1861, his five-year-old son became the Tongzhi Emperor, and Cixi assumed the role of co-empress dowager alongside Xianfeng's widow, Empress Dowager Ci'an. Cixi ousted a group of regents appointed by the late emperor and assumed the regency along with Ci'an. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Empress Dowager Cixi is the 352nd most popular politician (down from 238th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from China (down from 16th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Chinese Politician.

Empress Dowager Cixi is most famous for her role in the Boxer Rebellion.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 352 out of 19,576. Before her are Vajiralongkorn, Nicholas I of Russia, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Mahmud of Ghazni, and Marcus Claudius Tacitus. After her are Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Lycurgus of Sparta, Alexander I of Russia, Zoë Porphyrogenita, Leonidas I, and Edward Heath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 3. Before her are Pope Pius X, and Mark Twain. After her are Camille Saint-Saëns, Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, Adolf von Baeyer, Josef Stefan, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Giosuè Carducci, Andrew Carnegie, and Demetrius Vikelas. Among people deceased in 1908, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 2. Before her is Henri Becquerel. After her are Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Grover Cleveland, Randal Cremer, Guangxu Emperor, Pablo de Sarasate, Demetrius Vikelas, Carlos I of Portugal, Edmondo De Amicis, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Jonas Lie.

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In China

Among people born in China, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 24 out of 1,610. Before her are Du Fu (712), Ip Man (1893), Wu Zetian (624), Zhuang Zhou (-369), Hu Jintao (1942), and Zhu Xi (1130). After her are Cao Cao (155), Temür Khan (1265), Toghon Temür (1320), Mencius (-372), Qianlong Emperor (1711), and Kanishka (78).

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  • Photo of Du Fu

    Du Fu

    WRITER

    712 - 770

    HPI: 82.41

    Rank: 18

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    Ip Man

    MARTIAL ARTS

    1893 - 1972

    HPI: 82.04

    Rank: 19

  • Photo of Wu Zetian

    Wu Zetian

    POLITICIAN

    624 - 705

    HPI: 81.68

    Rank: 20

  • Photo of Zhuang Zhou

    Zhuang Zhou

    PHILOSOPHER

    369 BC - 286 BC

    HPI: 81.63

    Rank: 21

  • Photo of Hu Jintao

    Hu Jintao

    POLITICIAN

    1942 - Present

    HPI: 81.29

    Rank: 22

  • Photo of Zhu Xi

    Zhu Xi

    PHILOSOPHER

    1130 - 1200

    HPI: 81.27

    Rank: 23

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    Empress Dowager Cixi

    POLITICIAN

    1835 - 1908

    HPI: 80.65

    Rank: 24

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    Cao Cao

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    155 - 220

    HPI: 80.54

    Rank: 25

  • Photo of Temür Khan

    Temür Khan

    POLITICIAN

    1265 - 1307

    HPI: 79.82

    Rank: 26

  • Photo of Toghon Temür

    Toghon Temür

    POLITICIAN

    1320 - 1370

    HPI: 79.46

    Rank: 27

  • Photo of Mencius

    Mencius

    PHILOSOPHER

    372 BC - 289 BC

    HPI: 79.37

    Rank: 28

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    Qianlong Emperor

    POLITICIAN

    1711 - 1799

    HPI: 79.27

    Rank: 29

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    Kanishka

    POLITICIAN

    78 - 144

    HPI: 79.23

    Rank: 30

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 11. Before her are Puyi (1906), Xi Jinping (1953), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Wu Zetian (624), and Hu Jintao (1942). After her are Temür Khan (1265), Toghon Temür (1320), Qianlong Emperor (1711), Kanishka (78), Jiang Zemin (1926), and Kangxi Emperor (1654).

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