Yerutömör (, mn, Ерүтөмөр) was a prince of the
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...
of China. He was the third and last king of Anxi. His father was
Ananda. By blood, he was the great grandson of
Kublai Khan.
Yerutömör participated in the assassination of the Yuan emperor
Gegeen Khan
Gegeen Khan ( Mongolian: Гэгээн хаан; Mongol script: ; ''Shidebal Gegegen qaγan''; ; born Shidibala (; 碩德八剌), also known by the temple name Yingzong (Emperor Yingzong of Yuan, Chinese: 元英宗, February 22, 1302 – Septembe ...
along with the main plotter
Tegshi (step-son of
Temuder).
[History of Yuan.vol.28] The incident and death of Gegeen Khan was known as the
Nanpo Incident. After
Yesün Temür took power, Yerutömör was officially announced the king of Anxi.
After the death of
Yesün Temür, the anti-Gegeen Khan bloc in the court weakened.
Jayaatu Khan, upon his accession to the throne, eliminated people who participated in the assassination of Gegeen. Since Yerutömör was one of the key figure during the Nanpo Incident, he was deprived of his title and exiled to the province of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
under the charge of treason.
In the year 1332, Yerutömör was executed because he was plotting a new conspiracy against Jayaatu Khan.
[Ke,Shaomin.New History of Yuan.vol.114] Several Buddhist monks who participated in his plot were also executed. His death marked the end of the lineage of
Manggala
Manggala (; , ) was a prince of the Mongol-led Chinese Yuan dynasty. He was a son of the Yuan founding emperor Kublai Khan.
Biography
Manggala was born around 1242 to Kublai Khan and his principal wife Chabi as their third son. He was created ...
, the third son of Kublai.
Sources
Executed Yuan dynasty people
1332 deaths
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