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| | Science Fair Projects - Empress Dowager Ci'an |
 | | Born Lady Niohuru, she was the daughter of Muyangga, an official from a powerful Manchu family, the Niohuru clan. |
 | | Thus, the crown prince became the Xianfeng Emperor, but was left without an empress. |
 | | Two years later, in the end of March or beginning of April 1852, after a proper mourning period, the Lady Niohuru was made an imperial concubine of the fourth rank (嬪), and was given the name Zhen (貞 - meaning "upright", "virtuous", "faithful to the memory of one's husband" [i.e. |
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