Royal family of Mengjiang

Chinggisid
Parent house	Borjigin
Country	Mengjiang
Founded	1 September 1939;85 years ago (1939-09-01)
Founder	Demchugdongrub
Current head	Currently inactive
Final ruler	Demchugdongrub
Titles	Head of state of Mengjiang Khong Tayiji

The royal family of Mengjiang was the family of Prince Demchugdongrub, the puppet ruler of Mengjiang, a part of Inner Mongolia controlled by the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War. While Mengjiang was a de-jure military dictatorship, the state was a de-facto monarchy. ^{[1] [2]} Prince Demchugdongrub was a descendant of the Borjigins, ^{[3] [4]} the clan to which Genghis Khan also belonged.

Dynastic members

• Demchugdongrub, Mongol prince of the Qing dynasty ^[3] and ruler of Mengjiang ^[4]
• Namjilvaanchig (Намжилваанчиг), Demchugdongrub's father and the chief of the Xilinguole Alliance ^[2]
• Erentsoo (Эрэнцоо), Demchugdongrub's wife ^[4]
• Dugarsüren (Дугарсүрэн), Demchugdongrub's son ^[4]
• Batnasan (Батнасан), Demchugdongrub's daughter ^[4]

Non-dynasty relatives

• Shanqi, a distant relative of Demchugdongrub ^[2]
• Kawashima Yoshiko, Shanqi's daughter ^[5]

References

1. MilitaryHistoryNow.com (2017-03-01). "The Puppet Masters – How Japan's Military Established a Vassal State in Inner Mongolia". MilitaryHistoryNow.com. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
2. Jaġcidsecen (1999). The Last Mongol prince: the life and times of Demchugdongrob, 1902-1966. Studies on East Asia. Bellingham, WA: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University. ISBN   978-0-914584-21-6.
3. Baabar, (Bat-Erdene Batbayar) (2000). Kaplonski, C. (ed.). Twentieth Century Mongolia. Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN 9789004472495. Leiden Boston: BRILL. ISBN   978-90-04-21405-7.
4. "ДЭМЧИГДОНРОВ Намжилваанчигийн". Монголын түүх. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
5. Birnbaum, Phyllis (2015). Manchu princess, Japanese spy: the story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the cross-dressing spy who commanded her own army. Asia perspectives. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN   978-0-231-15218-1.