Emperors| Order |
Name
|
Notes
| Reign Time (years) |
| 1 | Emperor Taizu (Nurhachu) | Founder of the Latter Jin regime which later turned into the Qing regime; He created the military organization called Banner System. | 1616 - 1626 |
| 2 | Emperor Taizong (Huang Taiji) | The eighth son of Nurhachu; actually the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He moved the capital to Shenyang. | 1626 - 1643 |
| 3 | Emperor Shunzhi (Fulin) | Son of Huang Taiji; In his reign, the Qing army defeated the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) and moved the capital into Beijing. | 1643 - 1661 |
| 4 | Emperor Kangxi (Xuanye) | The third son of Emperor Shunzhi; One of the greatest emperors in the Qing Dynasty; His reign was the beginning of the heyday of the dynasty. | 1661 - 1722 |
| 5 | Emperor Yongzheng (Yinzhen) | The fourth son of Emperor Kangxi; A fairly wise and competent emperor who maintained the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty | 1722 - 1735 |
| 6 | Emperor Qianlong (Hongli) | Son of Emperor Yongzheng; Inheriting the prosperity brought by his predecessors, his reign reached the zenith. | 1735 - 1796 |
| 7 | Emperor Jiaqing (Yongyan) | Son of Emperor Qianlong; He prosecuted the infamous corrupt official, He Shen, who used to be a favorite chancellor of Emperor Qianlong. | 1796 - 1820 |
| 8 | Emperor Daoguang (Minning) | Son of Emperor Jiaqing; His reign saw the outbreak of the First Opium War in 1840, from which China entered the modern history. | 1820 - 1850 |
| 9 | Emperor Xianfeng (Yizhu) | Son of Emperor Daoguang; In his reign, the Qing Dynasty apparently began to decline. The well-known Taiping Rebellion broke out in that period. | 1850 - 1861 |
| 10 | Emperor Tongzhi (Zaichun) | Son of Emperor Xianfeng and Empress Dowager Cixi; died early | 1861 - 1875 |
| 11 | Emperor Guangxu (Zaitian) | Grandson of Emperor Daoguang; a progressive emperor who tried lots of methods to save the declining Qing Dynasty | 1875 - 1908 |
| 12 | Emperor Xuantong (Puyi) | The last emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the last feudal monarch of China; He was imprisoned at Shenyang till 1959 when Chairman Mao remitted him. | 1908 - 1911 |
