Queen Genepil lived with the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu until his death when the monarchy was abolished. Her country and her monarch needed her and she was prevailed upon to return.Ī view of the Mongolian Steppes and traditional yurts However, courtiers soon came to find her and appealed to her to return to the palace. So, after only a few months the ailing Khan was single again and Genepil was back in the tent of her parents. This was in keeping with Mongolian custom and the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu had no choice but to agree.

When it came down to it though, Genepil balked and formally asked to return to her parents home. What she thought about the arrangement can only be guessed at but she certainly knew that the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu was 53-years-old, almost blind, practically immobile and very sick and she was assured she would soon be allowed to return to her first husband. Genepil was, as her daughter related, taken in the night and carried to the Khan Palace where she first learned of what was to be her fate.

As well as the different social norms of the time and place it must also be kept in mind that everyone knew this would most likely be a very short marriage and done mostly for appearances. She had also recently been married herself but the courtiers took no notice of this. Their choice was a beautiful 19-year-old girl from a noble family in northern Mongolia at Baldan Bereeven named Genepil. They finally narrowed their options to 15 girls ranging in age from 18 to 20.

In the summer of 1923 they began searching Khalkha Mongolia for a suitable bride. The guardians of the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu took it upon themselves to pick a new bride for their sovereign even if she was to be wife in name only. The court was especially insistent, given the situation, that the full image of the monarchy be maintained. He would have been content to live out his remaining days alone but felt obliged to take another wife. Painting of life on the Mongolian Steppesīy that time the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu was monarch in name only with the country effectively under the control of the communist front-men for the Soviet Union.

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