Toghon Temür Emperor Huizong of Yuan |
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15th Khagan of the Mongol Empire (Nominal due to the empire's division) 11th Emperor of the Yuan dynasty Emperor of China Khan of the Northern Yuan dynasty |
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Portrait of Toghon Temür
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Reign | 19 July 1333 – 23 May 1370 | ||||||||||||||||
Coronation | 19 July 1333 | ||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Rinchinbal Khan | ||||||||||||||||
Successor | Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara | ||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 May 1320 | ||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 May 1370 (aged 49–50) Yingchang |
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Consort | Danashri, Bayan Khutugh, Empress Gi | ||||||||||||||||
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House | Borjigin | ||||||||||||||||
Dynasty | Yuan | ||||||||||||||||
Father | Khutughtu Khan Kusala | ||||||||||||||||
Mother | Mailaiti of the Karluks |
Full name | |
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Mongolian: ᠲᠤᠭᠬᠣᠣᠨᠲᠥᠮᠥᠷ Chinese: 妥懽帖睦尔 Ukhaghatu Khan Toghon Temür |
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Era dates | |
Zhishun (至順 Zhìshùn) 1333 Yuantong (元統 Yuántǒng) 1333–1335 Zhiyuan (至元 Zhìyuán) 1335–1340 Zhizheng (至正 Zhìzhèng) 1341–1370 |
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Posthumous name | |
Short: Shundi (順帝) Full: Emperor Xuanren Pu Xiao (宣仁普孝皇帝) |
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Temple name | |
Huizong (惠宗) |
Toghon Temür (Mongolian: Тогоонтөмөр, Togoontömör; 25 May 1320 – 23 May 1370), also known by the temple name Huizong (Chinese: 惠宗) bestowed by the Northern Yuan dynasty in Mongolia and by the posthumous name Shundi (Chinese: 順帝; Wade–Giles: Shun-ti) bestowed by the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty China, was a son of Khutughtu Khan Kusala who ruled as emperor of the Yuan dynasty. Apart from Emperor of China, he is also considered the last Khagan of the Mongol Empire, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire at the start of the Yuan dynasty.
During the last years of his reign, the Yuan was overthrown by the Red Turban Rebellion, which established the Ming dynasty, although the Mongols remained in control of Mongolia.
Emperor Huizong was a Buddhist student of the Karmapas (heads of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism) and is considered a previous incarnation of the Tai Situpas. He also notably invited the Jonang savant Dölpopa Shérab Gyeltsen to teach him, but was rebuffed.