Yesükhei Baghatur (Modern Mongolian: Есүхэй баатар, Yesukhei baatar; died 1171), was major chief of the Khamag Mongol confederation and the father of Temüjin, later known as Genghis Khan.
Yesühei was the son of Bartan Baghatur, who was the son of Khabul Khan, who was recognized as a khagan by the Jin Dynasty. Khabul Khan was, in turn, the grandson of the Mongol chief Khaidu, the first to try to unite all of the Mongols.
Yesühei's first wife was S...
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Yesükhei Baghatur (Modern Mongolian: Есүхэй баатар, Yesukhei baatar; died 1171), was major chief of the Khamag Mongol confederation and the father of Temüjin, later known as Genghis Khan.
Yesühei was the son of Bartan Baghatur, who was the son of Khabul Khan, who was recognized as a khagan by the Jin Dynasty. Khabul Khan was, in turn, the grandson of the Mongol chief Khaidu, the first to try to unite all of the Mongols.
Yesühei's first wife was Sochigel, who had two sons: Behter and Belgutei. The Secret History of the Mongols records that in his youth Temüjin killed his Behter in a fight for food. His other half-brother, Belgutei, however was a good friend, and later became a general under Genghis. Yesühei second and chief wife, Hoelun (a daughter of the Olkhunut forest tribe) was abducted by Yesühei and his brothers from her newlywed husband Yehe Chiledu of the Merkit tribe as she and her husband were traveling back to the Merkit camp.
Yesühei's children by Hoelun consisted of the...
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