Mandukhai Khatun
| Mandukhai Khatun | |
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| Khatun of the Mongols | |
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| Born | c. 1449 Mongolia |
| Died | 1510 Mongolia |
| Khagan | Dayan Khan |
| Issue |
Turbolad |
| House | Borjigin |
| Dynasty | Northern Yuan |
| Father | Chorosbai chingsang |
Turbolad
Ulusbolud
Arsubolud
Barsbolud
Töröltu
Ochirbolad
Mandukhai Khatun (Mongolian: Мандухай хатан, Chinese: 满都海哈屯; pinyin: Mǎndūhǎi Hātún), also known as Mandukhai Sechen Khatun (Mongolian: Мандухай сэцэн хатан, or Queen Manduhai the Wise), (c. 1449 – 1510) was the Khatun of the Northern Yuan dynasty based in Mongolia. She reunited the warring Mongols with her husband Batmunkh Dayan Khan.
Mandukhai was the only daughter of Chorosbai, chingsang (grand councillor) of the Ongud Mongols in eastern Mongolia. Her family were aristocrats. At the age of 18, Mandukhai was married to Manduul Khan, who ruled the Mongol Empire from 1473–1479. She was his third wife, and bore him two daughters. Mandukhai then took precedence over Yekhe Khabartu Yungin, the childless first wife. However, Manduul Khan was poisoned after 3 years by his advisor Esmel (Ismail), a spy for the Ming dynasty. He had no clear heir, leaving several Mongol princes struggling to become the Khan.
Mandukhai brought from hiding and adopted the seven-year-old orphan Batmunkh, son of the late Bayan Mongkhe Jonon, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan and part of the Altan Urug, who had also been killed by Esmel (Ismail). As Batumunkh was the last living descendant of Genghis Khan, Mandukhai had him proclaimed Dayan Khan, and she rejected the marriage offer by Unubold, a powerful noble. However, Unubold, himself a descendant of Hasar, younger brother of Genghis Khan, remained loyal to Mandukhai and the child Khan.
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