In 1924, he was expelled from the Forbidden City and found refuge in Tianjin, where he began to court both the warlords fighting for hegemony over China and the Japanese who had long desired control of China. He was first wed to Empress Wanrong in 1922 in an arranged marriage. Puyi was briefly restored to the throne as Qing emperor by the loyalist General Zhang Xun from 1 July to 12 July 1917. His era name as Qing emperor, "Xuantong" (Hsuan-t'ung, 宣統), means "proclamation of unity". He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate at the age of six in 1912 during the Xinhai Revolution. He was later ruler of the puppet state of Manchukuo under the Empire of Japan from 1934 to 1945. The Xuantong Emperor (7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), better known by his personal name Puyi, courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Manchu alphabet.
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