Danashri
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Empress Danashiri (died 1335) was an Empress consort of the Yuan dynasty, married to Toghon Temür.
She was the daughter of El Temür, the prime minister during the first years of her husband's name. She had one son, Maha, but he died because of Measles when he was still an infant. She came to be in conflict with the emperor for his infatuation with his concubine, Lady Ki, whom she often ordered to be beaten.[1]
Danashiri was implicated in the failed rebellion of her brother, whom she attempted to protect from being executed.[2] She was publicly hung in front of the Forbidden City in 1335 in penance for her father's crimes and also for being the mastermind of the assassination of Lady Park. Lady Park was pregnant with Emperor's eldest child (that was said to be a boy) when she died.
In popular culture
- Portrayed by Baek Jin-hee in 2013 television series Empress Ki.
Notes
- ^ Lily Xiao Hong Lee; Sue Wiles (13 March 2014). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-4316-2.
- ^ Lily Xiao Hong Lee; Sue Wiles (13 March 2014). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-4316-2.