Empress Dowager Longyu

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Empress Xiaodingjing
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	(1868-01-28)28 January 1868 (同治七年 正月 四日)
Died	22 February 1913(1913-02-22) (aged 45) Taiji Hall, Forbidden City
Burial	Chong Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs
Spouse	Guangxu Emperor ​ ​ (m. 1889; died 1908)​
Issue	Xuantong Emperor (adopted)
Names Yehe Nara Jingfen (葉赫那拉 靜芬) Posthumous name Empress Xiaoding Longyu Kuanhui Shenzhe Xietian Baosheng Jing (孝定隆裕寬惠慎哲協天保聖景皇后)
House	Yehe Nara (葉赫那拉)
Father	Guixiang
Mother	Lady Aisin Gioro
Empress Dowager Longyu Traditional Chinese 隆裕太后 Simplified Chinese 隆裕太后 Transcriptions

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.