Mandukhai the Wise Queen
Mandukhai Khatun (also known as Mandukhai Sechen Khongorjin) was a 15th-century Mongol queen who reunified the fractured Mongol nation after the fall of the Yuan dynasty. According to legend, she raised the orphaned Dayan Khan from childhood, then married him when he came of age. At age thirty-two, she led the Mongol army into battle against the Oirats while pregnant, wearing armor and carrying twin swords. She defeated the Oirat forces and secured Dayan Khan's rule. Her wisdom in statecraft and courage in battle made her one of the most revered figures in Mongol history, embodying the ideal o