Yesugei
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Yesugei Baghatur or Yesugei The Brave (11XX–1180) (Yesügei, Yesükhei) was a Mongol Khan (or ruler). He was the son of Bartan-baghatur, who was the son of Qabul, who was recognized as a Khagan by the Jin Dynasty. Qabul Khagan was, in turn, the grandson of the Mongol chief Qaidu, the first to try to unite all of the Mongols.
Yesugei was chief of the Kiyad (possibly the Taichiut or Yakka) khanate between approximately 1153 and 1180. He had four sons and one daughter by his chief wife, Hoelun: Temujin (son, later known as Genghis Khan), Khasar (son), Khaji'un (son), Temuge (son), and Temulin (daughter). He also had two sons by a lesser wife: Bekhter and Belgutei. He was poisoned by Tatars while sharing a meal on the way home from finding his son Temujin (Genghis Khan) a wife.
Yesugei's wife was Hoelun (Oelun, Ho’elun, Oyelun), a daughter of the Olkunut forest tribe. Oyelun was abducted by Yesugei and his brothers from her newlywed husband of the Merkit tribe as they were traveling back to the Merkit camp. Yesugei then made Oyelun his chief wife, a rare honor since Khans had several wives, and only one could bear his heirs.
