Yesugei
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Yesugei or Yesükhei Baghatur ( 1134–1171) was a major chief of the Khamag Mongol confederation and the father of Temüjin, who later became known as Genghis Khan. Yesügei was from the Borjigin family, and his name means "like nine", meaning he had the auspicious qualities of the number nine, a lucky number to the Mongols.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Yesugei Bagatur
- Royalty.reign
- 1160 – 1171
- Royalty.full name
- Yesugei
- Royalty.predecessor
- Hotula Khan
- Royalty.successor
- Genghis Khan
- Royalty.spouse
- Hö'elün Sochigel
- Royalty.issue
- Genghis KhanQasarHachiunTemügeBelguteiBehter
- Royalty.royal house
- Borjigin
- Royalty.father
- Bartan Bagatur
- Royalty.mother
- Aicigel
- Royalty.birth_place
- Mongolian Plateau
- Royalty.death_date
- (aged 36–37)
- Royalty.death_place
- Mongolian Plateau
- Royalty.religion
- Tengrism
- Royalty.posthumous name
- Emperor Shényuán (神元皇帝)
- Royalty.temple name
- Liezu (烈祖)
- Royalty.succession
- De facto ruler of Khamag Mongol
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Yesugei or Yesükhei Baghatur ( 1134–1171) was a major chief of the Khamag Mongol confederation and the father of Temüjin, who later became known as Genghis Khan. Yesügei was from the Borjigin family, and his name means "like nine", meaning he had the auspicious qualities of the number nine, a lucky number to the Mongols.
== Life == Yesügei was the son of Bartan Baghatur, who was the second son of Khabul Khan. Khabul was recognized as a khagan by the Jin Dynasty. Khabul Khan was, in turn, the great-grandson of the Mongol chief Khaidu, the first to try to unite the Mongols. Yesügei abducted his chief wife, Hö'elün, a daughter of the Olkhunut forest people, with the help of his elder brother Negün Taishi and younger brother Daritai Otchigin, from her newlywed husband Chiledu of Merkits. Yesügei abducted Hoelun because of her beauty and indications of fertility.
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