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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 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

Among politicians, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 3,711 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 22Before 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 16Before 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.

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In China

Among people born in China, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 276 out of 1,392Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Empress Dowager Ci'an ranks 175Before 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).