Accession of Yuan Shundi Toghon Temür

Timeline

1. 1332–1333Dadu · North ChinaYuan Ningzong Irinchibal reigned only fifty-three days before dying; Empress Dowager Budashiri ordered Mingzong's eldest son Toghon Temür enthroned, but El Temür obstructed and delayed the accession. Toghon Temür was brought back from Jingjiang, Guangxi, yet could not take the throne for a long time.
2. 1333Da'an Pavilion, Yuan Shangdu · Inner MongoliaEl Temür died of illness from excessive indulgence; the empress dowager and ministers agreed to enthronement, with a pact that the throne would pass to Yen-Temür's son after the emperor's death. Princes and imperial kinsmen presented seals and cords urging acceptance, and Toghon Temür was enthroned at the Da'an Pavilion of Shangdu.
3. 1333Dadu · North ChinaOn the wuchen day of the tenth month of Zhishun 4, an edict declared Zhishun 4 to be the first year of Yuan Tong. After accession, El Temür's daughter Danashiri was made empress and Budashiri honored as empress dowager (later grand empress dowager). Court politics were initially controlled by El Temür's remnants and Bayan; in the first year of Zhiyuan (1335), Bayan purged El Temür's family and deposed Empress Danashiri.