Princesses of the Central Plains Married into the Turkish Khaganate

Abstract

Abstract This article discusses queens and princesses such as “Princess Yi Cheng”, “Princess Chanle”, “Queen of the Xiang Khatun”, “Princess Yixin”, “Princess Huainan”, “Princess Qianjin”, “Princess Anyi” of Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui who married the Turkish Khaganate. During the rule of the First Turkish Khaganate (552–630), the countries of the Middle Khaganate The princesses in the story are related to Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang. Also, most of these princesses were the daughters of the Xianbei clan. Therefore, it was not possible to name it after a country or a Chinese princess, so the people of the area were given the title because they are Middle Countries or Southern countries. gave their daughters to the Turkish kings and nobles and wanted to continue their domination by getting support from the Turkish state even so, their rule couldn’t last for a long time, and their state was not stable, eventually, a new state was established in a short period. Furthermore, the historical and political context of the two countries before and after the arrival of the princesses in the Turkish Khaganate will be briefly described. I wrote extensively about two princesses, Qianjing of Northern Zhou and Yi Cheng of Sui, whose dynasty was destroyed and whose descendants were killed just after they arrived in the Turkish Khaganate. They actively participated in politics to take revenge on the newly established state and to rebuild their old ancestral state. My argument is to clarify how it negatively affected the unity and foreign policy of the Turkish Khaganate.