Empress Dowager Cixi

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Empress Dowager Cixi
慈禧太后
Regent o Qing Cheenae
Regency11 November 1861 – 15 November 1908
Co-regentEmpress Dowager Ci'an
(1861–81)
MonarchsTongzhi Emperor (1861–75)
Guangxu Emperor (1875–1908)
Empress Dowager o Qing Cheenae
Tenur22 August 1861 – 15 November 1908
Co-dowagerEmpress Dowager Ci'an
(1861–81)
Born29 November 1835(1835-11-29)
Dee'd15 November 1908(1908-11-15) (aged 72)
Haw o Graceful Bird, Zhongnanhai, Beijing, Qing Empire
IssueTongzhi Emperor
Posthumous name
Short: Empress Xiao-Qin Xian Tsu 孝欽顯皇后
Full: Empress Xiao-Qin Ci-Xi Duan-You Kang-Yi Zhao-Yu Zhuang-Cheng Shou-Gong Qin-Xian Chong-Xi Pei-Tian Xing-Sheng Xian 孝欽慈禧端佑康頤昭豫莊誠壽恭欽獻崇熙配天興聖顯皇后
HooseHoose o Aisin Gioro (bi marriage)
FaitherYehenara Huizheng
MitherLady Fuca

Empress Dowager Cixi1 (an aa romanised as Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi; Cheenese: 慈禧太后; pinyin: Cíxǐ Tàihòu; Wade–Giles: Tz'u2-hsi3 T'ai4-hou4; Mandarin pronunciation: [tsʰ̌̌ɨ̌ɕì tʰâɪ̯ xɤ̂ʊ̯]; Manchu: Tsysi taiheo; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908), o the Manchu Yehenara clan, wis a Cheenese empress dowager an regent who effectively controlled the Cheenese govrenment in the late Qing dynasty for 47 year frae 1861 till her daith in 1908.