Ögedei Khan
| Ögedei Khan | |||||||||
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| 2nd Khagan of the Mongol Empire (Supreme Khan of the Mongols) King of Kings |
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A portrait of Ögedei produced during the Yuan dynasty. Original size is 47 cm wide and 59.4 cm high. Paint and ink on silk. Now located in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
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| Reign | 13 September 1229 – 11 December 1241 | ||||||||
| Coronation | 13 September 1229 in Khuruldai at the Kherlen's Khödöö Aral, Mongolia | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Genghis Khan | ||||||||
| Successor | Güyük Khan | ||||||||
| Born | 7 November 1186 | ||||||||
| Died | 11 December 1241 (aged 55) Mongolia |
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| Consort | Borakchin Khatun Töregene Khatun Moge Khatun Alqui Khatun Kirgistani Khatun Kujulder Khatun Jujai Khatun Jachin Khatun Argana Khatun |
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Güyük Khan Khuden Khochu Khorachar Khashi Kadan Melig |
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| Clan | Borjigin | ||||||||
| Father | Genghis Khan | ||||||||
| Mother | Börte Ujin | ||||||||
| Religion | Tengriism | ||||||||
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| Emperor Yingwen (英文皇帝, posthumously given in 1266) | |
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| Taizong (太宗, posthumously given in 1266) |
Ögedei Khan, born Ögedei (also Ogodei; Mongolian: ᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡᠢ; Chinese: 窩闊台: 7 November 1186 – 11 December 1241), was the third son of Genghis Khan and second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, succeeding his father. He continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun, and was a world figure when the Mongol Empire reached its farthest extent west and south during the Mongol invasions of Europe and East Asia. Like all of Genghis' primary sons, he participated extensively in conquests in China, Iran, and Central Asia.
Ögedei was the third son of Genghis Khan and Börte Ujin. He participated in the turbulent events of his father's rise. When he was 17 years old, Genghis Khan experienced the disastrous defeat of Khalakhaljid Sands against the army of Jamukha. Ögedei was heavily wounded and lost on the battlefield. His father's adopted brother and companion Borokhula rescued him. Although already married, in 1204 his father gave him Töregene, the wife of a defeated Merkit chief. The addition of such a wife was not uncommon in steppe culture.
After Genghis was proclaimed Emperor or Khagan in 1206, myangans (thousands) of the Jalayir, Besud, Suldus, and Khongqatan clans were given to him as his appanage. Ögedei's territory occupied the Emil and Hobok rivers. According to his father's wish, Ilugei, the commander of the Jalayir, became Ögedei's tutor.
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