Bayan Khutugh

Bayan Khutugh (1324–1365) was a Khongirad noblewoman, the daughter of Bolod Temür, who became the second empress of Toghon Temür, last Yuan emperor. His first empress, Danashiri, was deposed and put to death in 1335 for her part in her brother's failed rebellion.

Only in 1337 did the emperor marry again, and Bayan Khutugh was enthroned as empress at the age of thirteen. The History of Yuan praises her as frugal, free of jealousy and strict in observing ritual, in pointed contrast to the favoured concubine Lady Ki, who overshadowed her.

She died on 8 September 1365 aged forty-two. Lady Ki looked over the plain, worn clothes left among her things and laughed, asking how an empress could wear such dress.