Budashiri

Also known as Budaširi

Budashiri, alternatively rendered as Buddhashiri and Putashali (Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠳᠢᠰᠢᠷᠢ, ; ; c. 1307 – c. 1340), was an empress consort of China's Yuan dynasty as the wife of Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür (Emperor Wenzong). She acted as an interim regent and was the prominent figure of the Yuan dynasty between 1332 and 1339; she was interim regent after the death of her husband and the election of his successor in 1332-1333, and then regent during the minority of his successor in 1333-1339.

Key facts

Royalty.image: Будшир хатан.jpg
Royalty.succession: Empress consort of the Yuan dynasty and Khatun of Mongols
Royalty.reign: 16 October 1328 – 26 February 1329
Royalty.reign type: Tenure
Royalty.predecessor: Babukhan
Royalty.successor: Babusha
Royalty.reign type1: Tenure
Royalty.reign1: 8 September 1329 – 2 September 1332
Royalty.predecessor1: Babusha
Royalty.successor1: Daliyetemishi
Royalty.succession2: Empress Dowager of the Yuan dynasty
Royalty.reign type2: Tenure
Royalty.reign2: 2 September 1332 — 19 July 1333
Royalty.predecessor2: Empress Dowager Babukhan
Royalty.successor2: None
Royalty.succession3: Grand Empress Dowager of the Yuan dynasty
Royalty.reign type3: Tenure
Royalty.reign3: 19 July 1333 – 1340