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Empress Dowager Ci'an

1837 - 1881

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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 Dowager Ci'an. As empress dowager and one of the most senior members of the imperial family, she and Empress Dowager Cixi became co-regents during the reign of two young emperors: Zaichun, the Tongzhi Emperor and later Zaitian, the Guangxu Emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Empress Dowager Ci'an has received more than 466,716 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Empress Dowager Ci'an is the 4,356th most popular politician (down from 3,701st in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from China (down from 275th in 2019) and the 210th most popular Chinese Politician.

Empress Dowager Cixi is most famous for her long and powerful reign as the head of the Qing Dynasty during the late 19th century.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 4,356 out of 19,576. Before her are Zhu Wen, Francis, Duke of Teck, Robert IV of Sablé, John I, Duke of Brabant, Ansegisel, and Constance of Antioch. After her are John III of Navarre, Ashot I of Armenia, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, August Landmesser, Avigdor Lieberman, and Menua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 26. Before her are Georges Ernest Boulanger, Ilia Chavchavadze, Queen Cheorin, Rosalía de Castro, Émile Waldteufel, and Francis, Duke of Teck. After her are Vasily Radlov, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Édouard Stephan, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Abraham Kuyper, and James Murray. Among people deceased in 1881, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 17. Before her are Thomas Carlyle, Auguste Mariette, Henri Vieuxtemps, Nikolay Pirogov, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, and Nikolai Rubinstein. After her are Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Theobald Boehm, Hermann Lotze, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Eduard Heine, and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands.

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In China

Among people born in China, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 334 out of 1,610. Before her are Princess Wencheng (628), Emperor Ai of Han (-27), Huiyuan (334), Huang Chao (801), Emperor An of Han (94), and Zhu Wen (852). After her are Meng Haoran (690), Yelü Chucai (1189), Wei Zhongxian (1568), Yu Jin (200), Qian Xuesen (1911), and Meng Huo (101).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 210. Before her are Li Dazhao (1889), Princess Wencheng (628), Emperor Ai of Han (-27), Huang Chao (801), Emperor An of Han (94), and Zhu Wen (852). After her are Yelü Chucai (1189), Wei Zhongxian (1568), Duan Qirui (1865), Marquis of Haihun (-92), Huo Qubing (-140), and Khutughtu Khan Kusala (1300).

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