Empress Dowager Cixi - Succession

Succession

Chinese royalty
Preceded by
Empress Xiaojingcheng		 Empress Dowager of China
1861–1908
concurrently with Empress Dowager Ci'an:
1861–1881		 Succeeded by
Empress Dowager Longyu

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