Princess Yicheng | |
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Khatun of Eastern Turkic Khaganate | |
Tenure | 599–630 |
Predecessor | Princess Anyi (安义公主) |
Died | c.27 March 630 |
Khagan | Yami Qaghan Shibi Qaghan Chuluo Qaghan Illig Qaghan |
House | Sui dynasty |
Father | Yang Xie (杨谐) |
Princess Yicheng | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 義成公主 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 义成公主 | ||||||
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Princess Yicheng was a Chinese princess of the Sui dynasty and a khatun of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate. She spent at least 30 years of her life among the Turks.
She was an extended family member of Sui Dynasty. Her father was named Yang Xie (杨谐) and her brother was Yang Shanjing (杨善经).
After the death of Princess Anyi (安义公主) in 599,she was created a princess by Emperor Wen of Sui and was wedded to Yami Qaghan under the heqin system.
She was inherited by her step-son Shibi Qaghan in 609,in a levirate marriage. She had much influence on the khagan,to the point of changing his orders. In the fall of 615,when Emperor Yang of Sui was visiting Yanmen Commandery on the northern frontier,the khagan launched a surprise attack on the area,overrunning most of its Chinese settlements. Warned by the khagan's wife Princess Yicheng —a member of the imperial family who had been well treated by Empress Xiao during an earlier visit —the emperor,empress,and their entourage escaped to the commandery seat at present-day Daixian. [1] The Turks besieged them there on September 11. Resources within the seat were little,and the emperor was reported to cry out of fear [2] seeing Yuwen suggested Emperor Yang select a few thousand elite cavalry soldiers to attempt a break out,but Su Wei and Fan Zigai (樊子蓋) persuaded Emperor Yang not to attempt this. Emperor Yang put Xiao Yu and Pei Ju in charge of planning the military counteroffensive,but was only able to get the siege lifted after he followed the advice of the empress's brother Xiao Yu and sent messengers to Princess Yicheng,who was directing military affairs at the Turkic capital in her husband's absence. She falsely informed Shibi Khagan that the Turks were under attack from the north,and so the khagan lifted the siege.
She was inherited by Chuluo Qaghan in 619,another step-son from her first marriage. [3] Yicheng greeted Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao,a posthumous son of Yang Jian who was created as puppet King of Sui (隋國王) by Chuluo. [4] This marriage was brief. After Chuluo's death in June,she refused to marry Ashina Momo (阿史那摸末,607 - 649,was titled Yushe shad (郁射設) and eventually married to someone of imperial Li (李) clan [5] ),claiming he was weak. [3] Instead,she was married to Ashina Duobi,who was created Illig Qaghan.
After refusing Yushe Shad,she finally wed to Illig Qaghan in 620,yet another step-son. She was killed in confusion when Tang general Li Jing attacked the khagan's encampment with Li Shiji in March 630,during the Battle of Yinshan. [3]
Bumin Qaghan (Old Turkic:𐰉𐰆𐰢𐰣:𐰴𐰍𐰣,romanized: Bumïn qaγan,also known as Illig Qaghan or YamïQaghan was the founder of the Turkic Khaganate. He was the eldest son of Ashina Tuwu. He was the chieftain of the Turks under the sovereignty of Rouran Khaganate. He is also mentioned as Tumen of the Rouran Khaganate.
Ishbara Qaghan was the first son of Issik Qaghan,grandson of Bumin Qaghan,and the sixth khagan of the Turkic Khaganate (581–587).
Tulan Qaghan was the seventh qaghan (Khaqan) of the Turkic Khaganate and the son of Ishbara Qaghan.
Yami Qaghan,personal name Ashina Rangan,at one point known as Tolis Qaghan and later El Ïduk Jamï(r) Qağan was the first qaghan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.
Shibi Khagan succeeded Yami Qaghan as the second khagan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.
Ashina Xichun,also known as Chuluo Khagan,was the khagan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate,and second son of Yami Qaghan. He succeeded his elder brother Shibi and ruled for 18 months.
Illig Qaghan,born Ashina Duobi,posthumous name Prince Huang of Guiyi (歸義荒王),was the last qaghan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.
Empress Xiao,formally Empress Min,was an empress of the Chinese Sui dynasty. Her husband was Emperor Yang of Sui.
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The Eastern Turkic Khaganate was a Turkic khaganate formed as a result of the internecine wars in the beginning of the 7th century after the First Turkic Khaganate had splintered into two polities –one in the east and the other in the west. Finally,the Eastern Turkic Khaganate was defeated and absorbed by the Tang dynasty,and Xueyantuo occupied the territory of the former Turkic Khaganate.
The Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks of 629-630 was an armed conflict that resulted in the Tang dynasty destroying the Eastern Turkic Khaganate and annexing its territories.
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The First Turkic Khaganate,also referred to as the First Turkic Empire,Göktürk Khaganate,or the Turkic Khaganate,was a Turkic khaganate established by the Ashina clan of the Göktürks in medieval Inner Asia under the leadership of Bumin Qaghan and his brother Istämi. The First Turkic Khaganate succeeded the Rouran Khaganate as the hegemonic power of the Mongolian Plateau and rapidly expanded their territories in Central Asia. The khaganate became the first Central Asian transcontinental empire from Manchuria to the Black Sea.
Yang Zhengdao or Yang Min was a Chinese figurehead installed by the Eastern Turkic Khaganate during the bloody Sui–Tang transition. He was a grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui,and "ruled" as King of Sui in an area around Dingxiang Commandery from 620 —when he was still a baby —to 630,the year he surrendered to the Tang Empire. His state is sometimes known in history as the Later Sui.
The Battle of Yinshan was fought on 27 March 630 CE near the Yin mountain range close to the city of Dingxiang. Emperor Taizong (598-649) commissioned the famed Tang military officer Li Jing,along with Li Shiji,Wei Xiaojie,Li Daozong,Chai Shao (柴紹),and Xue Wanche (薛萬徹) to attack forces under the command of Illig Qaghan,leader of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate,a nomadic confederation of Turkic peoples based in Inner Asia. The battle ended in defeat for the Göktürks and resulted in the dissolution of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate,which was eventually replaced by the Protectorate General to Pacify the North,otherwise known as the Anbei Protectorate (安北都護府) in 647 CE after the Tang dynasty definitively conquered the Xueyantuo.
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