Yesugen

Yesugen was one of the wives of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire. She was of Tatar ancestry. Her sister Yesui was also a wife of Genghis Khan.

To Yesugen were assigned the Khangai Mountains as territory.^[1] Like his other wives, Yesugen had her own ordo, or court. However, she did not wield the same power or influence as his first wife Börte.

Notes

↑ Weatherford. The Secret History of the Mongol Queens. p. 28.

Sources

Weatherford, Jack. (2010). The Secret History of the Mongol Queens. Broadway Paperbacks, New York.

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