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Family of Puyi. Puyi, the last emperor of China, came from a long noble ancestry. During the course of his three terms as emperor, and during post war life, he had five wives and numerous consorts.
Child actor Yan Ruihan played Puyi. 1911, a 2011 historical film directed by Jackie Chan and Zhang Li. The film tells of the founding of the Republic of China when Sun Yat-sen led the Xinhai Revolution to overthrow the Qing. The five-year-old Puyi is played by child actor Su Hanye.
Puyi had five spouses — Empress Wanrong, concubines Shu, Xiang, and Fu, and Li Shuxian. In 1931, his second wife Wenxiu, the consort Shu, divorced him due to 'emptiness of life for nine years'. Puyi vented on his anger at Wenxiu's divorce on Wanrong.
Sep 29, 2012 · In a rare reunion, four relatives of the late Emperor Puyi — China's last emperor — convened Thursday at the willow-fringed lakefront mansion in Beijing where he was born in 1906.
Childhood & Early Life. Puyi was born on February 7, 1906, in Prince Chun Mansion, Beijing, Qing Empire, to Zaifeng, Prince Chun and Guwalgiya Youlan. Puyi was the great-grandson of Daoguang Emperor and grandson of Yixuan, Prince Chun. He had three younger brothers and seven younger sisters.
Sep 28, 2012 · Puyi died in 1967 in relative obscurity and although he had no children, he is survived by a gaggle of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Puyi, last emperor (1908–1911/12) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12) in China and puppet emperor (under the reign title of Kangde) of the Japanese-controlled state of Manchukuo (1934–45). He was the subject of the biopic The Last Emperor (1987). Learn more about Puyi’s life and reign.
