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Also Known As Shengzu • K’ang-hsi • Elhe Taifin • Qing Shengzu • Xuanye • Rendi
Born May 4, 1654 • Beijing • China
Died December 20, 1722 (aged 68) • Beijing • China
Title / Office emperor (1661-1722), China
House / Dynasty Qing dynasty
Notable Family Members father Shunzhi • son Yongzheng
Role In Chinese Rites Controversy • Revolt of the Three Feudatories • Treaty of Nerchinsk
Akbar
Akbar
Mughal emperor
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Frederick II
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Qianlong
Qianlong
emperor of Qing dynasty
Wendi
emperor of Sui dynasty
Wu Sangui
Chinese general
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
president of United States
Napoleon III
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Li Hongzhang
Chinese statesman
Muḥammad I Askia
Songhai ruler
Darius I
Darius I
king of Persia
Wuhou
Wuhou
empress of Tang dynasty
Maḥmūd
king of Ghazna
Wudi
emperor of Han dynasty
Köprülü Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin
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