Toghon Temür [SEP] mother
Before succession.
Toghon Temür was born to Kuśala, known as Khutughtu Khan or Emperor Mingzong, when he was in exile in Central Asia. Toghon Temür's mother was Mailaiti, descendant of Arslan Khan, the chief of the Karluks. According to a story the former Chinese Southern Song Emperor Gong of Song, Zhao Xian, had an affair with Yuan Empress Mailaiti. Zhao Xian allegedly fathered Yuan Toghon Temür with Mailaiti as a bastard child. The Mongols circulated a similar story about the Yongle Emperor.
Following the
Empress Gi
Empress Gi (or Empress Ki; ; 1315–1369/70), known as Empress Qi (or Ch'i; ) in Chinese and Öljei Khutuk () in Mongolian, was one of the primary empresses of Toghon Temür of the Yuan dynasty and the mother of Biligtü Khan. She was originally from an aristocratic family of Goryeo, present-day Korea, and came to Yuan as an imperial concubine of Toghon Temür.
Biography.
Empress Gi was born in Haengju (, modern Goyang), Goryeo to a lower