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Her father was Prince Consort Diwabala, Prince of Lu, and her mother was Princess Supreme Sengge Ragi of Lu.
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Budashiri Khatun
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She was the wife of Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, and came from the Khongirad clan. In the early part of 1329, she received the imperial seal. lieutenant is thought she had borne him at least three sons: Aradnadara (d 1332), whom he named as heir.
El Tegüs (c 1329 - c 1340).
And Taipingna (died young). lieutenant is not known if she had any daughters.
During her husband"s reign, the empress was responsible for exiling the young Toghon Temür to Goryeo, and then to Henan. Her claim was that he was not the actual son of Khutughtu Khan Kusala (Emperor Mingzong), Tugh Temür"s older brother.
When Tugh Temür died in 1332, Budashiri acted as regent, which was in accordance with tradition and because Tugh Temür had not named a successor.
This the empress did under pressure from the grand councilor, El Temür, who resisted allowing Toghon Temür to accede to the throne since he was suspected of having poisoned his father. A month after she had appointed Rinchinbal, Budashiri was granted the rank of empress dowager, and was tasked with assuming the regency. However, only two months (fifty-three days) later, the young emperor died.
Instead, she brought back the thirteen-year-old Toghon Temür and installed him as emperor in 1333.
In 1336, she was elevated to the rank of grand empress dowager. Budashiri remained regent for over seven years, virtually ruling over the empire.
He also pointed out the various wrongs done to him by the grand empress dowager. As a result, in mid-1340 he ordered that Budashiri be stripped of all her titles and exiled to Dong"an Prefecture (the modern-day city of Langfang in Hebei Province), where she was swiftly put to death.
In further retaliation for the difficulties he had faced while in exile, Toghon Temür also banished El Tegüs, who was killed shortly afterwards.
Budashiri was about thirty-three years old when she died. A portrait of Empress Budashiri, alongside Empress Babusha, is found on the Yamantaka-Vajrabhairava mandala. Opposite of the two empresses are portraits of Tugh Temür and Kusala.
Portrayed by Kim Seo-hyung in the 2013-2014 MBC television series Empress Ki.
