Qing · Royal Family Member and Ruler

Empress Dowager 母后

Attested AD 1870 - AD 1900

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Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Dowager as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Dowager 母后
Descriptive kinship Empress Dowager 母后
Title Empress Dowager 母后

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 光緒二十六年兩宮西狩 · Western Year: AD 1900
    Strongly inferred · qingshigao:142:s0117
  • Source Date: Text: 母后柄政 · Western Year: AD 1870
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:142:s0114

Family

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  • Parent of Tongzhi Emperor (穆宗)
    Kinship Term: Empress Dowager (mother) / 母后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: fled-west · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
  • Kind: political · Role: regent · Action: held-power

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 142Volume 142 Treatises 117: Penal Law 1 · 1 passage