"Princess" Der Ling (Chinese: 裕德齡; pinyin: Yù Délíng) (1885 – 1944) was a Hanjun bannerwoman, the daughter of Yü Keng (Chinese: 裕庚; pinyin: Yù Geng; Wade–Giles: Yu Keng) and Louisa Pearson, the half-Chinese daughter of a Boston merchant working in Shanghai. Although not a member of the Qing royal family, Der Ling was given the title of Princess while serving as the first lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi. She was a writer of several memoirs, books, and magazine articles.
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8 June 1885 Wuhan, Hubei, Great Qing
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Died |
22 November 1944 (aged 59) Berkeley, California, U.S.
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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