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Sòng Měilíng
Sign in to saveAlso known as Soong Mei-ling, Song Meiling, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Mayling Soong Chiang, Soong Meiling, May-ling Soong Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China (1898–2003)
Sòng Měilíng was the wife of Chiang Kai-shek and served as First Lady of the Republic of China during a critical period of modern Chinese history (1898–2003). She was a significant political and diplomatic figure who influenced Chinese affairs during the Japanese invasion and the Chinese Civil War, and remained a prominent public figure for over a century.
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Film & TV
Known for
- CBS Reports1959
- The 400 Million — Herself (archive footage)1939
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Soong sisters
- Family name
- Jiang
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pudong
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Father
- Charlie Soong
- Sibling
- T. V. Soong
- Occupation
- public figure
- Educated at
- Piedmont University
- Political party
- Kuomintang
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Methodism
- Image
- Madame Chiang Kai-shek, seated portrait (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- New York City
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- place of burial
- Ferncliff Cemetery
- Commons category
- Soong May-ling
- date of birth
- 1898-03-04
- date of death
- 2003-10-23
- name in native language
- 宋美齡
- ethnic group
- Han Chinese people
- writing language
- English language
- cause of death
- disease
- relative
- Chiang Ching-kuo
- subject has role
- centenarian
- P12749
- Georg Riedel
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 4, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang (Chinese: 蔣夫人), was a Chinese politician and socialite. The youngest of the Soong sisters, she married Chiang Kai-shek and played a prominent role in Chinese politics and foreign relations in the first half of the 20th century.
Early life
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