Genepil
{{Short description|Last queen consort of Mongolia (1905–1938)}}
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| consort = yes
| name = Genepil
{{native name|mn|Женепил Хатан|paren=omit}}
{{MongolUnicode|ᠭᠡᠨᠡᠩᠫᠢᠯ ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠨ}}
| caption = Genepil Khatun, 1923 – 1924
| succession = Khatun of Mongolia
| reign = December 1923 – 20 May 1924
| predecessor = Dondogdulam Khatun
| successor = Monarchy abolished
| spouse = Luvsandamba (m. ?; div. 1923)
{{marriage|Bogd Khan|1923|1924|reason= his death}}
Unknown third husband (m. 1924 or after; their executions in 1938)
| issue = More than 1, including Tserenkhand
| full name =
| house = Imperial House of Bogd
| father =
| mother =
| birth_name = Tseyenpil
| birth_date = {{birth year|1905}}
| birth_place = Khentii Province, Outer Mongolia, Qing Empire
| death_date = May 1938 (aged 32–33)
| death_place = Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian People's Republic
| place of burial =
| religion = Tibetan Buddhism
}}
Genepil{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{langx|mn|Гэнэнпил Хатан|Genenpil Khatan}}|Traditional Mongolian: {{MongolUnicode|ᠭᠡᠨᠡᠩᠫᠢᠯ ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠨ}}}}}} (1905 – May 1938) was the last queen consort of Mongolia, married to Bogd Khan.{{cite news |title=Последняя хатан Богдо Гегена |url=http://asiarussia.ru/news/19184/ |work=asiarussia.ru |date=17 March 2018 |language=ru}}{{cite news |title=History Porn Teil LXXI: Geschichte in 28 Wahnsinns-Bildern |url=https://www.watson.ch/wissen/history/387783955-history-porn-teil-lxxi-geschichte-in-28-wahnsinns-bildern |work=Watson|date=21 March 2019 |language=de}} She was queen consort for less than a year in 1924.{{cite news |title=Монголын сүүлчийн хатны нулимс |url=https://www.tolgoilogch.mn/_t5ct5vr4lq |work=Эх түүхээ сурталчилна |language=mn |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127101925/https://www.tolgoilogch.mn/_t5ct5vr4lq |url-status=dead }} Genepil was executed in May 1938 as part of the Stalinist repressions in Mongolia.{{cite web |title=Last Queen of Mongolia |url=https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/one-minute-story/last-queen-of-mongolia |website=Tsem Rinpoche}}{{cite book |last1=Weatherford |first1=Jack |title=The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire |year=2011 |publisher=Broadway Paperbacks |isbn=978-0-307-40716-0 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZ4xHb9bCZAC |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Ж.Сүхбаатар: Би Богд хааны ач охин |url=http://www.assa.mn/a/39747 |work=ASSA |date=30 September 2016 |language=mn}}
Queen consort
Genepil was born Tseyenpil in 1905 to a family in Northern Mongolia, around the Baldan Bereeven Monastery.
After the death of Dondogdulam Khatun in 1923, Genepil was chosen as her successor among a group of women between the ages of 18 and 20 years old who were selected by the king's counsellors. Genepil was already married to a man named Luvsandamba.{{cite news |title=Последняя хатан Богдо-хана » Сохраним Тибет! |url=http://savetibet.ru/2018/03/28/last_khatan.html |work=savetibet.ru |date=28 March 2018 |language=ru}}{{cite news |title=VIII Богд Жавзандамба хутагтын Гэнэнпил хатны тун эмгэнэлтэй түүх |url=http://miss.mn/209727.html |work=MISS.mn |date=25 January 2019 |language=mn |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-date=28 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428023659/http://miss.mn/209727.html |url-status=dead }}
She lived with Bogd Khan until his death on 20 May 1924, when the monarchy was abolished. Genepil returned to her family after leaving the Mongolian court.
In 1937, the government of the Mongolian People's Republic accused Genepil of gathering materiel in order to stage an uprising with the help of Japan. She was subsequently arrested and executed in 1938. She was pregnant at the time of her execution.{{Cite web|title=Монголын сүүлчийн хатны нулимс|url=https://www.tolgoilogch.mn/_t5ct5vr4lq|access-date=26 January 2022|website=Эх түүхээ сурталчилна|language=Mongolian|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127101925/https://www.tolgoilogch.mn/_t5ct5vr4lq|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Последняя хатан Богдо Гегена |url=http://asiarussia.ru/news/19184/ |work=asiarussia.ru |date=17 March 2018 |language=ru}}{{cite news |title=Богдын сүүлийн хатан Н.Гэнэнпил |url=https://www.ugluu.mn/283822.html |work=Өглөө.мн |date=5 July 2017 |language=mn}}
In popular culture
The costume design for the Star Wars character Padmé Amidala took inspiration from a 1921 image of a Mongolian lady that is commonly, though incorrectly, identified as Genepil.{{cite web |last=Sood |first=Amy |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.9ZB9X3 |title=This photo was taken from a movie scene depicting the Mongolian queen's execution |work=AFP |date=18 February 2022 |access-date=22 February 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://mongoliainstitute.anu.edu.au/mongolink/2020/02/13/the-secret-history-of-star-wars/ |title=The Secret History of Star Wars |first=Georgie |last=Juszczyk |date=13 February 2020 |website=MongolInk |publisher=ANU Mongolia Institute |access-date=1 January 2022 |archive-date=27 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227185155/https://mongoliainstitute.anu.edu.au/mongolink/2020/02/13/the-secret-history-of-star-wars/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Rungjirajittranon |first=Montira |date=25 February 2022 |title=This photo does not show Mongolian Queen Genepil |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.323Q47F |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=AFP Fact Check}}
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