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Ögedei Khan (also Ögedei Khagan or Ogodei; c. 1186 – 11 December 1241) was the second ruler of the Mongol Empire. The third son of Genghis Khan , he continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun.
Ögödei (born 1185, Mongolia—died 1241, Karakorum, Mongolia) was the son and successor of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan, who greatly expanded the Mongol Empire. The third son of Genghis, Ögödei succeeded his father in 1229. He was the first ruler of the Mongols to call himself khagan (“great khan”); his father used only the title khan.
Sep 23, 2019 · Ogedei Khan (aka Ogodei) ruled the Mongol Empire from 1229 to 1241. He was the third son of Genghis Khan (r. 1206-1227), the empire's founder. Ogedei's accomplishments included creating a new capital...
Oct 13, 2018 · Ogedei Khan was the second Khagan (meaning ‘Great Khan’) of the Mongol Empire. He was the third son of Genghis Khan and succeeded his father in 1229. Ogedei continued to expand the Mongol Empire, a task that he inherited along with the throne.
Ögedei Khan, Ögedei; also Ogotai or Oktay (c. 1186 – 1241), was the third son of Genghis Khan and second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire by succeeding his father. He continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun, and was the Great Khan when the Mongol Empire reached its furthest extent west during the invasion of Europe .
Ogedei Khan (aka Ogodei) ruled the Mongol Empire from 1229 to 1241. He was the third son of Genghis Khan (r. 1206-1227), the empire's founder.
Oct 2, 2019 · Ogedei Khan. Ogedei Khan became ruler of the Mongol Empire in 1229 CE, inheriting from his father Genghis Khan (r. 1206-1227 CE) an impressive swathe of Asia. The new khan was faced with two major problems at the outset of his reign: first, the imperial treasury was empty and riches were badly needed to keep the Mongol army loyal, and second ...
Ögedei (1186-1241) was the third son of Genghis Khan and second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, after his father. He continued to make his father's empire bigger. Like all of Genghis' sons, he helped to conquer Western China and Central Asia.
Ögedei Khan, Genghis Khan ‘s third son, ruled the Mongol Empire from 1227 CE-1241 CE. Under Ögedei, the Mongol Empire conquered Eastern Europe by invading Russia and Bulgaria; Poland, at the Battle of Legnica; and Hungary, at the Battle of Mohi.
Nov 18, 2019 · Ögedei’s ascension as Great Khan was confirmed by the kurultai in 1229, two years after his father’s death. Now commanding the largest army in the world, Ögedei realized he was not nearly as skilled as his father had been as a strategist, and he turned over direct control of the Golden Horde to men who had fought under Genghis and had ...
