1. Queen Mandukhai, fully known as Wise Queen Mandukhai was a queen of the Northern Yuan.
15 Facts About Mandukhai
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Mandukhai was the only daughter of Chororsbai-Tumur, chingsang of the Ongud Mongols in eastern Mongolia.
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In 1464 at the age of sixteen, Mandukhai was married to Manduul Khan, who ruled the Northern Yuan from 1473 to 1479.
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Mandukhai began to take precedence over Yungen Qabar-tu, the khan's childless first wife.
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Mandukhai had no clear heir, leaving several Mongol princes struggling to succeed him as the Khan.
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Mandukhai brought from hiding and adopted the seven-year-old orphan Batumunkh, son of the late Bayan Mongkhe Jonon, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan and part of the Altan Urug, who had been killed by Esmel.
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Mandukhai defeated several Ming dynasty attacks and protected the Northern Yuan, she wore the helmet and the sword and fought with the Ming soldiers.
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Mandukhai was pregnant, but still fought and delivered twin boys during a long battle.
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From 1480, Dayan Khan and Mandukhai increased the pressure on the Ming territory because they closed the border trade and killed a Northern Yuan envoy.
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Mandukhai reoccupied Ordos area and stationed soldiers there to keep watch on the Ming.
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Mandukhai reenthroned Dayan Khan at the Eight White Yurts in Ordos but they had to flee a Ming attack.
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The film Queen Mandukhai the Wise suggests that she was killed by the Mongol general Esmel who was a Ming spy.
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Mandukhai managed to keep Dayan Khan in power as a descendant of Genghis Khan, and she defeated the Oirats.
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Queen Mandukhai the Wise is a Mongolian film based on a novel of the same title by Shagdarjavyn Natsagdorj ; both recount her life.
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Mandukhai is the primary protagonist of the historical novel Manduchai - Die letzte Kriegerkonigin, written by German Author Tanja Kinkel in 2014.