- Born
- November 29, 1835
- Died
- November 15, 1908 (aged 72)
- Known as
- politician, queen regnant, painter, monarch, photographer
Empress Dowager Cixi was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who periodically controlled the government of the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent from 1861 until her death in 1908.
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