1837 - 1881
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 honoured 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 433,055 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Empress Dowager Ci'an is the 3,711th most popular politician (up from 3,914th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from China (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 175th 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, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 3,711 out of 15,577. Before her are Latife Uşşaki, Emperor Seimu, Henry V, Duke of Bavaria, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Agis II, and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. After her are Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Tewfik Pasha, Constantin Fehrenbach, Ranavalona I, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois.
1898 - 1975
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 3,705
83 - 191
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 3,706
960 - 1026
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 3,707
1526 - 1586
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 3,708
490 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 3,709
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 3,710
1837 - 1881
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 3,711
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 3,712
1852 - 1892
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 3,713
1852 - 1926
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 3,714
1788 - 1861
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 3,715
1786 - 1818
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 3,716
1819 - 1864
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 3,717
Among people born in 1837, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 22. Before her are Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, John Newlands, Ivan Kramskoi, Georges Ernest Boulanger, Francis, Duke of Teck, and Vasil Levski. After her are Ilia Chavchavadze, Rosalía de Castro, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Émile Waldteufel, Pierre Auguste Cot, and Vasily Radlov. Among people deceased in 1881, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 16. Before her are Louis Auguste Blanqui, Auguste Mariette, Jenny von Westphalen, Henri Vieuxtemps, Nikolay Pirogov, and Nikolai Rubinstein. After her are Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Theobald Boehm, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands.
1837 - 1892
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 16
1837 - 1898
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 17
1837 - 1887
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 18
1837 - 1891
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 19
1837 - 1900
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 20
1837 - 1873
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 21
1837 - 1881
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 22
1837 - 1907
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 23
1837 - 1885
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 24
1837 - 1859
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 25
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 26
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 27
1837 - 1918
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 28
1805 - 1881
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
1821 - 1881
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 11
1814 - 1881
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 12
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 13
1810 - 1881
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 14
1835 - 1881
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 15
1837 - 1881
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 16
1821 - 1881
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 17
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 18
1798 - 1881
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 19
1796 - 1881
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 20
1860 - 1881
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 21
1797 - 1881
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 22
Among people born in China, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 276 out of 1,392. Before her are Emperor Ai of Han (-27), Lu Su (172), Sima Shi (208), Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814), Cao Ren (168), and Emperor Gong of Song (1271). After her are Ma Teng (156), Jacques Mayol (1927), Yoshiko Kawashima (1907), Linji Yixuan (850), Chen Duxiu (1879), and Sima Guang (1019).
27 BC - 1 BC
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 270
172 - Present
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 271
208 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 272
814 - 846
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 273
168 - 223
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 274
1271 - 1323
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 275
1837 - 1881
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 276
156 - 212
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 277
1927 - 2001
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 278
1907 - 1948
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 279
850 - 866
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 280
1879 - 1942
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 281
1019 - 1086
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 282
Among politicians born in China, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 175. Before her are Emperor Duzong (1240), Emperor Ai of Han (-27), Lu Su (172), Sima Shi (208), Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814), and Emperor Gong of Song (1271). After her are Ma Teng (156), Chen Duxiu (1879), Sima Guang (1019), Emperor Zhang of Han (57), Xun Yu (163), and Zhu Rongji (1928).
1240 - 1274
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 169
27 BC - 1 BC
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 170
172 - Present
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 171
208 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 172
814 - 846
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 173
1271 - 1323
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 174
1837 - 1881
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 175
156 - 212
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 176
1879 - 1942
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 177
1019 - 1086
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 178
57 - 88
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 179
163 - 212
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 180
1928 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 181