Empress Ki, the most hated woman in Korean history? (기황후) [History of Korea]

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Today we'll take a look at the history of Empress Gi (Empress Ki, Lady Ki), 기황후, who was one of the primary empresses of Ukhaghatu Khan Toghon Temur 妥懽貼睦爾 Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty (reigned 1333-1368). Lady Ki was born in 1315 in Haengju, Goryeo, present-day Goyang South Korea. She was born to a lower-ranked aristocratic family.

It is said that Lady Gi was extremely beautiful, an excellent dancer, singer, poet, good at conversation and calligraphy. She quickly became the Emperor’s favorite concubine. Toghon Temur spent more time with her than the first empress Danashiri 答纳失里皇后.

She later became first empress and Emperor Toghon Temur lost interest in governing as the years went on. That’s when Lady Gi increasingly took important decisions with the help of her eunuch, Bak Bulhwa 박불화, 朴不花. He was a Korean eunuch, the first foreign eunuch in Chinese history.

Her son, Ayushiridara, later succeeded his father, Toghon Temür, as Biligtü Khan or Emperor Zhaozong of Northern Yuan 元昭宗.

There was mounting troubles in the Yuan empire. Starting in 1351, the Red Turban Rebellion grew. One such rebel was Zhu Yuanzhang 朱重八, who would later found the Ming Dynasty. The Yuan empire was on the decline.

In Joseon, Lady Gi was labelled a traitor. In the Ming Dynasty she was seen as a corrupting influence. Lady Gi was a woman with power in a world absolutely controlled by men. She was, for a time, the most powerful woman in Asia.

Some figures and topics explored in this video: Gi Ja-oh, 기자오, 奇子敖, Tangqishi, Bayan Qudu, Bayan Khutugh, 伯颜忽都, Bayan of the Merkid, 伯顔, Toqto’a, 脫脫, Tal Tal, Tuo Tuo, Gi Cheol, Bayan Buka, 기철, 勃羅帖木兒, Bolad Temür, Tash Temur 타스티무르, Prince Deokheung 덕흥군, King Gongmin of Goryeo, Shandu 上都, Xanadu, Karakorum 哈拉和林

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