- Born
- DiedOctober 16, 1967 (kidney cancer, uremia, heart disease)
- Birth nameAisin-Gioro Pu Yi
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Aisin-Gioro Puyi was born on February 7, 1906 in Beijing, China (then known internally as "Qing" for the name of the ruling imperial dynasty or retroactively "Quiq China" by historians) to Zaifeng, Prince Chun of the First Rank and consort Youlan during the last years of his the reign of the Guangxu Emperor 1875-1908) who was his father's brother. When the Guangxu Emperor died without a royal issue (biological or legally recognized child who holds or is eligible to hold a royal title) the Empress Dowager Cixi, who had been the wife of the Xianfeng Emperor (reigned 1850-61, Puyi's great-grandfather) chose the then 2-year-old Puyi as the next Emperor.- IMDb mini biography by: Shane Christie
- Last Emperor of China.
- As Emperor he was looked after by a collective of Imperial concubines who acted as his mothers. Sadly, access to his own mother was often blocked.
- Subject of The Last Emperor (1987).
- Last Emperor of the Qinq Dynasty (1636-1912) in China.
- Managed to adjust to life as a humble civilian in a China, under communist rule despite having been born a prince and seen as a godlike being to his people in his youth. He was said to accidentally leave the taps of sinks on after washing his hands and forget to flush the toilet.
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