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Guangxu Emperor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: , Guangxu Emperor 光緒帝 Dézōng å¾·å®— Reign - Predecessor Successor Spouse Full name : Aixin-Jueluo Zí itián 愛新覺羅載湉 : Aisin-Gioro Dzai Tiyan Titles The Emperor Era name Guāngxí¹ å…‰ç·’ : Badarangga Doro Era dates , -, Posthumous name Emperor Tí³ngtiān Chí³ngyí¹n Dí zhōng Zhí¬zhí¨ng JÄ«ngwén WÄ›iwÇ” Rénxií o Ruí¬zhí¬ DuānjiÇŽn Kuānqí­n Jǐng 同天崇運大中至正經文緯武仁孝çæ™ºç«¯å„‰å¯¬å‹¤æ™¯çš‡å¸ Temple name Dézōng å¾·å®— Father Born , (1871-08-14) Died , (aged 37) , Burial The Guangxu Emperor (光緒帝) (, -, ), born Zaitian (載湉), was the tenth of the , and the ninth to rule over proper. His reign lasted from 1875 to 1908, but in practice he ruled, under 's influence, from 1889 to 1898. He initiated the , but was abruptly stopped when Cixi launched a coup in 1898, after which he was put under house arrest until his death. His means The Glorious Succession. Contents Accession to the throne was married to Empress Dowager Cixi's younger sister, and Zaitian was their son, therefore Zaitian was Cixi's nephew. In January 1875, the died without a son. The suggested 's son as the new Emperor, but he was overruled by Cixi. Instead, breaking the imperial convention that a new emperor must always be a generation after that of the passing emperor, Cixi suggested Prince Chun's ...