Radnashiri Explained

Succession:Empress consort of the Yuan dynasty and Khatun of Mongols
Reign:7 April 1311 – 1 March 1320
Reign-Type:Tenure
Predecessor:Empress Zhenge
Successor:Empress Sugabala
Birth Date: 1286/1287
Death Date:1322 (aged 34- 36)
Consort:yes
Spouse:Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan
Issue:Gegeen Khan
Posthumous Name:Empress Zhuāngyìcí Shèng (庄懿慈圣皇后)
House:Khongirad
Succession1:Empress Dowager of the Yuan dynasty
Reign-Type1:Tenure
Reign1:19 April 1320 — 1322
Predecessor1:Empress Dowager Dagi
Successor1:Empress Dowager Babukhan

Radnashiri or Aradnashiri[1] (; Mongolian: Раднашири хатан) (died 1322) was an empress consort of the Yuan dynasty, married to Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan (Emperor Renzong).

Life

She was from the Khongirad tribe. It is not known when she met Ayurbarwada or his relation to any preceding empresses by blood. She gave birth to Shidibala on 22 February 1302. She became empress upon Ayurbarwada's elevation to throne in 1311. Her influence increased upon installment of Shidibala as the new crown prince but Dagi's influence strictly limited hers. She was created Empress Dowager in 1320 by his son, now Emperor Gegeen Khan. However, she soon died in 1322, around the very time Dagi fell from power as well. She was posthumously renamed Empress Zhuāngyìcí Shèng by Gegeen Khan and interred together with Ayurbarwada.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book of Yuan, Chapter 114
  2. Book: Zhao, George Qingzhi. Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression: Mongolian Royal Marriages from World Empire to Yuan Dynasty. 2008. Peter Lang. 978-1-4331-0275-2. 246. en.