Ögedei Khan

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13th-century monarch Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Mongol ruler

Ögedei Khan was the third son of Genghis Khan and the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, under whose rule the empire reached its greatest territorial extent into Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Aliases (2)

Ogedei Khan ×1
Ögödei Khan ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	13th-century monarch → Great Khan of the Mongol Empire → Mongol ruler →
alternativeName	Ogedei Khan → Ugedei Khan → Ögödei Khan →
appointedBy	Kurultai of 1229 →
birthYear	c. 1186 →
burialPlace	Ikh Khorig (Great Taboo area in Mongolia) →
capital	Karakorum →
child	Güyük Khan → Kadan → Köchü → Shiremun →
deathDate	1241-12-11 →
deathPlace	near Karakorum →
dynasty	Borjigin →
ethnicity	Mongol →
father	Genghis Khan →
fullName	Ögedei Khan →
house	House of Genghis Khan →
implemented	regular census of the empire → yam relay postal system expansion →
knownFor	administrative reforms of the Mongol Empire → establishing Karakorum as imperial capital → expanding the Mongol Empire to its greatest territorial extent →
mother	Börte →
notableCampaign	Campaigns against the Jin dynasty → Campaigns against the Western Xia remnants → Mongol invasion of Eastern Europe → Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire →
oversawConquestOf	Jin dynasty in North China → Khwarazmian territories in Central Asia → Kievan Rus' → Parts of Hungary → Parts of Persia → Parts of Poland → Parts of the Caucasus →
positionHeld	Great Khan of the Mongol Empire →
predecessor	Genghis Khan →
reignEnd	1241 →
reignStart	1229 →
religion	Tengrism →
sibling	Chagatai Khan → Jochi → Tolui →
spouse	Töregene Khatun →
successor	Güyük Khan →
territorialExtentUnderRule	from Siberia to the Middle East → from the Korean Peninsula to Eastern Europe →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ögedei Khan ("Ogedei Khan") → Ögedei Khan ("Ögödei Khan") →	alternativeName
Genghis Khan →	child
Ögedei Khan →	fullName
Mongol invasions of Europe →	notableCommander
Mongols →	notableLeader
Batu Khan →	relative
Genghis Khan →	successor