* Yujiulü, consort and wife of Tuoba Huang

* Tuoba Huang, prince of the Xianbei state Northern Wei ( d. 451 )

In the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tuoba brought troops to suppress the Huang Chao Rebellion on behalf of the Tang court and took control of the Xia State, or Xia Zhou, in northern Shaanxi in 881.

* Tuoba Yulü, prince of the Tuoba Dai

* Tuoba Heru, prince of the Tuoba Dai

* Tuoba Shiyijian, prince of the Tuoba Dai ( b. 320 )

* Tuoba Yihuai, prince of the Tuoba Dai clan

* Tuoba Shiyijian, prince of the Tuoba Dai ( d. 376 )

After Tuyuhun Kingdom was destroyed by the Tibetans in 670, its famous prince, Tuoba Chici, who controlled the " Dangxiang Qiang " submitted under the Tang Dynasty and was " bestowed " with the royal name of Li ( 李 ).

The founder of the Tangut, the Tuoba Xianbei, was a famous prince of the Tuyuhun Empire ( 284 – 670 ), Tuoba Chici.

After the death of its founding prince, Tuoba Yilu, however, the Dai state stagnated and largely remained a partial ally and a partial tributary state to Later Zhao and Former Yan, finally falling to Former Qin in 376.

( Some historians do not believe this to be a Tuoba traditional custom, but believed it to be a tradition instititued by the founding emperor Emperor Daowu based on Emperor Wu of Han's execution of his favorite concubine Consort Zhao, the mother of his youngest son Liu Fuling ( the eventual Emperor Zhao ), before naming Prince Fuling crown prince.

In 469, at age two, Tuoba Hong was created crown prince.

* The ruler of the nomadic Tuoba tribal state in Northern China adopts a Chinese surname and will reign Northern Wei as emperor Xiao Wen Di until his death in 499.

The Northern Wei was established by the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei people in AD 386, when they united the northern part of China.

After the Tang fell in 907, the Tuoba descendants formally declared resistance against the expanding Northern Song in 982 and proclaimed independence to establish the Western Xia or Tangut, in 1038.

After the Tang fell in 907, the Tuoba descendants formally declared resistance against the expanding Northern Song in 982 by Li Deming ( 李德明 ) and proclaimed independence to establish the Tangut Empire by his son, Li Yuanhao ( 李元昊 ) in 1038.

The northern Tiefu branch of the Xiongnu gained control of the Inner Mongolian region in the 10 years between the conquest of the Tuoba Xianbei state of Dai by the Former Qin empire in 376, and its restoration in 386 as the Northern Wei.

The Northern Wei Dynasty (), also known as the Tuoba Wei ( 拓拔魏 ), Later Wei ( 後魏 ), or Yuan Wei ( 元魏 ), was a dynasty which ruled northern China from 386 to 534 ( de jure until 535 ).

In 399 Tuoba Gui he declared himself Emperor Daowu, and that title was used by Northern Wei's rulers for the rest of the state's history.

The Tuoba ( Tabgach ) tribe started their rise with Tuoba Liwei ( 219-277 ) who was the ancestor of the future Northern Wei Dynasty and was thus posthumously honored as Emperor Shenyuan, with the temple name Shizu.

While the Tuoba migrated south and established the State of Dai ( 310-376 ) and Northern Wei dynasty ( 386-534 ) the Shiwei remained in the north but eventually paid tribute to the Northern Wei ( for example the Wuluohu sub-tribe started paying tribute in 444 ).

Most of them were unified by the Tuoba Xianbei, who established the Northern Wei ( 386-535 ), which was the first of the Northern Dynasties ( 386-581 ) founded by the Xianbei.

The Chinese surname Yuan was later adopted by the Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei to replace Tuoba, and approximates the meanings of " origin " or " round " in the Chinese language.

The Tuoba states of Dai and Northern Wei also claimed to possess the quality of earth in the Chinese five element analogy.

After the fall of Han Dynasty it was under the rule of various nomadic tribes such as the Xiongnu during Northern Liang and the Turkic Tuoba during Northern Wei.

Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei (( 北 ) 魏孝文帝 ) ( October 13, 467 – April 26, 499 ), personal name né Tuoba Hong ( 拓拔宏 ), later Yuan Hong ( 元宏 ), was an emperor of the Chinese / Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei from September 20, 471 to April 26, 499.

Indeed, it was by her order that that year, after Emperor Xiaowen's concubine Consort Lin bore his oldest son, Tuoba Xun, that Consort Lin was forced to commit suicide pursuant to Northern Wei customs.

Most of them were unified by the Tuoba Xianbei, who established the Northern Wei ( 386-535 ), which was the first of the Northern Dynasties ( 386-581 ) founded by the Xianbei.

The early Shiwei paid tribute to the Tuoba Wei ( 386-534 ) and submitted to the Khitans.

Because the Tuoba who established the Northern Wei ( 386-535 ) in China proper objected the Tuoba of Southern Liang to use the same Chinese characters, the latter adopted " Tufa ," when in fact they were of the same Tuoba descent.

Besides these three Xianbei groups, there were other Xianbei groups with Mongolic affiliation such as the Murong, Duan and Tuoba.

Geographically the Tuoba Xianbei ruled Inner Mongolia and northern China, the Nirun ( Yujiulu Shelun was the first to use the title Khagan in 402 ) ruled Outer Mongolia, the Khitan were concentrated in Southern Manchuria north of Korea and the Shiwei were located to the north of the Khitan.

The Tuoba were eventually absorbed into China.

In 511 the Rouran Douluofubadoufa Khan sent Hong Xuan to the Tuoba court with a pearl-encrusted statue of the Buddha as a gift.

The Tuoba Xianbei and Khitans were mostly Buddhists, although they still retained their original Tengriism.

The Tuoba had a " sacrificial castle " to the west of their capital where ceremonies to Tengri and other spirits took place.

* Tuoba Heru launched a coup d ' état against his cousin Tuoba Yulü and becomes the new Prince of Dai.

* Tuoba Chuo succeeds his brother Tuoba Xilu as chieftain of the Tuoba clan.

* Tuoba Luguan divides the territory of the Tuoba clan into three areas.

* Tuoba Luguan succeeds his nepnew Tuoba Fu as chieftain of the Tuoba clan.

* Tuoba Fu succeeds his uncle Tuoba Chuo as chieftain of the Chinese Tuoba clan.