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| Empress Gi | |||||
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| Empress consort of the Yuan dynasty | |||||
| Primary Empress of Yuan | |||||
| Tenure | 1365-10 September 1368 | ||||
| Empress of Northern Yuan | |||||
| Tenure | 1368–1369 | ||||
| Secondary Empress of Yuan | |||||
| Tenure | 1340–1365 | ||||
| Born | 1315 Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Goryeo | ||||
| Died | 1369 (aged 53–54) | ||||
| Spouse | Toghon Temür | ||||
| Issue | Biligtü Khan | ||||
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| House | Haengju Ki clan | ||||
| Father | Ki Cha-o | ||||
| Mother | Lady Yi of the Iksan Yi clan | ||||
| Religion | Mahayana | ||||
Empress Gi or Empress Ki (Korean: 기황후; Hanja: 奇皇后; 1315–1369(?)), also known as Empress Qi (Chinese: 奇皇后) or Öljei Khutuk (Mongolian: Өлзийхутаг; Chinese: 完者忽都), was a Goryeo-born empress consort of the Yuan dynasty. She was one of the primary empresses of Toghon Temür (Emperor Huizong), and the mother of Biligtü Khan (Emperor Zhaozong), who would become an emperor of the Northern Yuan dynasty. Gi was originally from an aristocratic family of the Goryeo dynasty, and first served as a concubine of Toghon Temür. During the last years of the Yuan dynasty, she became one of its most powerful women and political figures, controlling the country economically and politically, and ruling with de facto imperial powers.