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Empress Xiaodingjing | |||||||||
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Empress consort of the Qing dynasty | |||||||||
Tenure | 26 February 1889 – 14 November 1908 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Empress Xiaozheyi | ||||||||
Successor | Monarchy abolished (Empress Xiaokemin as titular empress) | ||||||||
Empress dowager of the Qing dynasty | |||||||||
Tenure | 14 November 1908 – 12 February 1912 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Empress Xiaoqinxian | ||||||||
Successor | Monarchy abolished | ||||||||
Born | (同治七年 正月 四日) Beijing,Qing China | 28 January 1868||||||||
Died | 22 February 1913 Taiji Hall, Forbidden City,China | (aged 45)||||||||
Burial | Chong Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs | ||||||||
Spouse | |||||||||
Issue | Xuantong Emperor (adopted) | ||||||||
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House | Yehe Nara (葉赫那拉) | ||||||||
Father | Guixiang | ||||||||
Mother | Lady Aisin Gioro |
Empress Dowager Longyu | |||||||
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Chinese | 隆裕太后 | ||||||
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Yehe Nara Jingfen (靜芬; 28 January 1868 – 22 February 1913), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Yehe Nara clan, was the wife and empress consort of Zaitian, the Guangxu Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1889 until her husband's death in 1908, after which she was honoured as Empress Dowager Longyu. She was posthumously honoured with the title Empress Xiaodingjing.
She became regent during the minority of Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor from 1908 until 1912. On behalf of the Emperor, she signed the letter of abdication, effectively ending two thousand years of imperial Chinese history.