Manduchai

Manduchai Tsetsen Chatan ( Mongolian Мандухай сэцэн хатан ,ᠮᠠᠨᠳᠤᠬᠠᠢ
ᠰᠡᠴᠡᠨ
ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠨ, also called the wise Queen of the Mongols ; * around 1448; † after 1491/92) was a Mongolian regent of the Northern Yuan . Their story is legendary and accordingly presented in a contradictory manner.

Life

Manduchai was the daughter of Prince Corosbai Temür from Engküd otog der Tümed and the widow of Manduul Khan at a young age (reign around 1463–1467, died without heir). When the Oirats attacked the subsequent Khan Bayan-Möngke Jonon (Bolkho Jinong, reign around 1467-1470) and robbed his wife Siker taiqo, his about 5-year-old son Batu-Möngke was placed in their care. After the murder of his father, he was considered to be the last heir to the throne from the house of Genghis Khan in Mongolia. Then she is said to have taken the initiative, her child protégé Batu-Möngke to the throne as Dayan Khan and personally attacked the Oirats, which led to victory at Tash bürti and Tash Turandu. After he came of age, she married him in 1481, despite an age difference of around 16 years, and bore him eight children. In several negotiations and campaigns she succeeded in the resurgence of the Genghisids .

reception

Tanja Kinkel worked on her life in the book Manduchai, the last warrior queen (Munich 2014).

literature

• Michael Weiers (Ed.): The Mongols. Contributions to their history and culture . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1986, ISBN 3-534-03579-8 .

Remarks

1. ↑ So z. B. dated The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 7., p. 467 the events surrounding Dayan Khan's accession to the throne in 1486 and 1487.