Empress Cilongli

Empress Maisudaw (ཨཱམཚིརུ མཻསུདཽ Sengwō Maisūdaw; 10 September 561 - 6 September 615), reigning name Cilongli (ཊིལོཉལི Cīloňlī), given name Ath Tengawlyul (ཨཱཋ ཏེཉཽལཡུལ Ath Teňāwlyul) was the 33rd Crescent Empress of the Citrang people for a short time from 615 to 618. Born a minor princess into a cadet branch of the Imperial Clan of Ath, Tengawlyul came to power aged 63 after the young Emperor Hingcing's mysterious disappearance; the 32nd Crescent Emperor had left no heir behind. Her accession to the throne was not universally accepted by the Empire, and it triggered a war of succession that would be known as the War of Jade and Ruby. Cilongli led the faction known as the Rubies, but her influence in the Capital would be little and eventually she lost support of the Forty-Three of Bagwa, a powerful group of nobles and Trang monks with great sway across the Empire.

After she failed to maintain control of the Capital during the Siege of Bagwa in 618, the Empress was captured by enemy forces and executed by her contender to the Crescent Throne and eventual successor, Yulang, who would die himself in battle against Maisudaw's son and heir Crown Prince Becai.

Early life
Tengawlyul was born in September 561 in the small steadfast of Tengsuwi, two hundred miles northeast of Bagwa. Her mother was Princess Badu of Ath, great-grandaughter of Empress Cawlyuwo, and Dai of Tengsuwi. Her father was Lord Awlgu of the the Clan of Mainui, a noble clan from the province of Saiwang. The young princess spent a dull childhood in her native Tengsuwi, mostly aiding her ill father. In 572 the young princess was sent to Shiqai to become a courtesan in Emperor Dangug's court.

In 580, for her 19th nameday, Tengawlyul was married to Lozwu Mingdaw, the younger brother of Lozwu Theng, Dai of An'nawni in an arranged marriage, a tradition common for cadet branches of the Imperial Clan.