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Dorgon

1612 - 1650

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Dorgon (Manchu: ᡩᠣᡵᡤᠣᠨ, Möllendorff: dorgon, lit. 'badger'; 17 November 1612 – 31 December 1650), was a Manchu prince and regent of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the House of Aisin-Gioro as the 14th son of Nurhaci (the founder of the Later Jin dynasty, which was the predecessor of the Qing), Dorgon started his career in military campaigns against the Mongols, the Koreans, and the Ming dynasty during the reign of Hong Taiji (his eighth brother) who succeeded their father. After Hong Taiji's death in 1643, he was involved in a power struggle against Hong Taiji's eldest son, Hooge, over the succession to the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorgon has received more than 426,952 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Dorgon is the 1,432nd most popular politician (up from 1,756th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from China (up from 130th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Chinese Politician.

Dorgon was a Manchu prince who became the first emperor of the Qing dynasty in China.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dorgons by language

Over the past year Dorgon has had the most page views in the with 134,270 views, followed by English (61,700), and Vietnamese (55,134). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (327.29%), Classical Chinese (104.67%), and Urdu (65.94%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dorgon ranks 1,432 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Azaña, Turgut Özal, Rafael Trujillo, Leo V the Armenian, Tarja Halonen, and Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik. After him are Guillermo Lasso, Muhammad Shaybani, Peter I of Portugal, Alfonso V of Aragon, Eric Bloodaxe, and Coloman, King of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Dorgon ranks 2. Before him is Murad IV. After him are Wu Sangui, Louis Le Vau, Saskia van Uylenburgh, Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Mignard, Şehzade Bayezid, Samuel Butler, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Peter Stuyvesant, and Claude Françoise de Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1650, Dorgon ranks 2. Before him is René Descartes. After him are William II, Prince of Orange, Tukaram, Christoph Scheiner, Matthäus Merian, Bernhardus Varenius, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Cristóvão Ferreira, Catalina de Erauso, Hanzade Sultan, and Jean Rotrou.

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In China

Among people born in China, Dorgon ranks 97 out of 1,610. Before him are Hua Tuo (200), Walter Houser Brattain (1902), An Lushan (702), Yang Guifei (719), Qin Er Shi (-229), and Emperor Guangwu of Han (-5). After him are Zhang Heng (78), Ziying (-300), Jiajing Emperor (1507), Emperor Xian of Han (181), Emperor Yang of Sui (569), and King Wu of Zhou (-1150).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Dorgon ranks 62. Before him are Toghon Temür (1320), Hongxi Emperor (1378), An Lushan (702), Yang Guifei (719), Qin Er Shi (-229), and Emperor Guangwu of Han (-5). After him are Ziying (-300), Jiajing Emperor (1507), Emperor Xian of Han (181), Emperor Yang of Sui (569), King Wu of Zhou (-1150), and Yu the Great (-2123).

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