Doquz Khatun

Doquz - Khatun (Persian دوقوز خاتون, DMG Doquz - Hatun, probably " Lady Peacock ", † June 16, 1265 ) was a keraitische Princess and the influential principal wife of the Mongol ruler Hulagu.

She was the granddaughter or niece of Ong / Wang Chan Toghril whose tribe, the Nestorian Keraits, near present-day Ulaanbaatar nomadisierte. As Toghril 1203 by his former protégé, Genghis Khan was defeated and killed on the run, the Mongols -chan Doquz - Khatun intended for wife of his youngest son Tolui. However, this died in 1233, without that the marriage had been consummated, so Doquz - Khatun came under the protection and supervision of Toluis son Hulagu. Both were married in the period 1256-58 (on Hülegüs Persia campaign ), but got no common children. The Ilkhan respected Doquz - Chatuns opinion and advice, and had, for example, the Christians after the conquest of Baghdad 1258th As a devout Christian led Doquz Khatun during Hülegüs campaigns a mobile church with them. They also cared deeply about the children who had Hülegü of his concubines. Doquz - Khatun died just four months after her husband; earlier, she had made ​​sure that Abaqa his father Hulagu could follow as Ilkhan.