Puyi

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Aisin-Gioro Puyi
愛新覺羅·溥儀
Xuantong Emperor
Emperor o Manchukuo
12t Qing Emperor o Cheenae
Ring2 December 1908 – 12 February 1912
1 July 1917 – 12 July 1917
PredecessorGuangxu Emperor
RegentZaifeng, Prince Chun & Empress Dowager Longyu
Prime Meenister
 Emperor o Manchukuo
Reing1 Mairch 1934 – 15 August 1945
Prime Meenister
Born7 Februar 1906(1906-02-07)
Beijing, Cheenae
Dee'd17 October 1967(1967-10-17) (aged 61)
Beijing, Cheenae
BuirialBabaoshan Revolutionar Cemetery
(Later moved tae the Eastren Qing Mausoleum near Beijing in 1996)
SpouseEmpress Wanrong
Consort Wenxiu
Era dates
Xuantong (Hsuan-tung in Wade-Giles spellin; 宣統; 1909 – 1912, 1917)
Datong (Ta-tung in Wade-Giles spellin; 大同; 1 Mairch 1932 – 28 Februar 1934)
Kangde (Kang-te in Wade-Giles spellin; 康德; 1 Mairch 1934 – 17 August 1945)
HooseHoose o Aisin Gioro
FaitherZaifeng, Prince Chun
MitherGuwalgiya Youlan
Puyi
Traditional Chinese溥儀
Simplified Chinese溥仪

Puyi (Wade-Giles: Pu-i; 7 Februar 1906 – 17 October 1967), o the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan, wis the last Emperor o Cheenae an the twelft an final ruler o the Qing Dynasty. Still a bairn, he ruled as the Xuantong Emperor (Wade-Giles: Hsuan-tung Emperor) frae 1908 til his abdication on 12 Februar 1912, efter the successfu Xinhai Revolution. Frae 1 tae 12 Julie 1917 he wis briefly restored tae the throne as a nominal emperor bi the warlord Zhang Xun. In 1934 he wis declared the Kangde Emperor (Wade-Giles: Kang-te Emperor) o the puppet state o Manchukuo bi the Empire o Japan, an he ruled til the end o the Seicont Sino-Japanese War in 1945. Efter the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae wis established in 1949, Puyi wis imprisoned as a war criminal for 10 years, wrote his memoirs, an acame a member o the Cheenese Fowk's Poleetical Consultative Conference.

Puyi's abdication in 1912 merked the end o millennia o dynastic rule in Cheenae an sicweys he is kent throughout the warld bi the sobriquet "The Last Emperor" o Cheenae.

Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]

  • "Five Wives of The Last Emperor Puyi". Cultural China. Retrieved 9 August 2010.[deid airtin]
  • Royalty.nu: Extended Bio
  • TIME: Last Emperor's Humble Occupation Archived 2001-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
  • Li Xin, Pu Yi's Widow Reveals Last Emperor's Soft Side
  • Pu Ru (溥儒), Pu Yi's cousin, accomplished Chinese brush painter and calligrapher
Puyi
Born: 7 Februar 1906 Dee'd: 17 October 1967
Regnal teetles
Precedit bi
Guangxu Emperor
Emperor o Cheenae
2 December 1908 – 12 Februar 1912
Vacant
Title next held by
Hongxian Emperor
Vacant
Title last held by
Hongxian Emperor
Emperor o Cheenae
1 Julie 1917 – 12 Julie 1917
Office abolished
New title
State created
Chief Executive o Manchukuo
9 Mairch 1932 – 28 Februar 1934
Merged intae Emperorship
New title
Empire created
Emperor o Manchukuo
1 Mairch 1934 – 15 August 1945
Office abolished
Empire dissolved
Poleetical offices
Precedit bi
Guangxu Emperor
as Emperor o Cheenae
Heid o State o Cheenae
as Emperor o Cheenae

2 December 1908 – 12 Februar 1912
Succeedit bi
Sun Yat-sen
as Preses o the Republic o Cheenae
New title
State created
Heid o State o Manchukuo
9 Mairch 1932 – 15 August 1945
Succeedit bi
Chiang Kai-shek
as Preses o the Republic o Cheenae
Manchukuo given back tae the
Republic o Cheenae efter Warld War II