aisin-giro puyi or emperor puyi (, february 7, 1906–october 17, 1967) was the last emperor of china. he was crowned emperor in 1908 at the age of three. his era name as qing emperor, "xuantong", means "proclamation of unity". on february 12, 1912, during the xinhai revolution, he was forced to abdicate. he later became the ruler of the japanese puppet state of manchukuo during world war ii. he married five times but never had any children. his father was zaifeng prince chun ii. he never knew his mother and was raised by eunuchs.