Töregene Khatun

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Töregene Khatun was a powerful Mongol empress who served as regent of the Mongol Empire after Ögedei Khan’s death, playing a key role in imperial politics and succession.

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Töregene Khatun canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mongol empress ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
regent ⓘ
authorityType de facto sovereign of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
country Mongol Empire ⓘ
courtReligionPolicy patronage of Nestorian Christian advisers ⓘ
deathPlace Mongol Empire ⓘ
dynasty Mongol Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mongol ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
governedDuring interregnum after Ögedei Khan’s death ⓘ
governmentForm regency ⓘ
historicalPeriod 13th century ⓘ
knownFor acting as de facto ruler of the Mongol Empire after Ögedei’s death ⓘ
being one of the most powerful women in Mongol history ⓘ
language Mongolian ⓘ
maritalStatus widow of Ögedei Khan ⓘ
motherOf Güyük Khan ⓘ
Kadan ⓘ
Khutughtu ⓘ
Köten ⓘ
Shiremun ⓘ
notableAction centralized power in her own court during her regency ⓘ
intervened decisively in Mongol imperial succession ⓘ
replaced many of Ögedei Khan’s officials with her own supporters ⓘ
notableAssociate Chagatai Khan ⓘ
Sorghaghtani Beki ⓘ
notableWork organization of a kurultai to elect Güyük Khan ⓘ
notedIn Chinese sources on the Yuan-era Mongols ⓘ
Persian chronicles of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
politicalStrategy built alliances among Mongol princes and nobles ⓘ
used patronage to strengthen her authority ⓘ
positionHeld Regent of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
powerBase imperial court ⓘ
predecessor Ögedei Khan ⓘ
regencyAfter Ögedei Khan ⓘ
regencyFor Mongol Empire ⓘ
religion Nestorian Christianity ⓘ
roleInSuccession secured the enthronement of her son Güyük Khan ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence imperial politics of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
spouse Ögedei Khan ⓘ
successor Güyük Khan ⓘ
title Empress consort of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
Great Khatun ⓘ
linked to: Khatun

Regent of the Mongol Empire ⓘ

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Ögedei Khan → spouse → Töregene Khatun ⓘ
Shiremun → mother → Töregene Khatun ⓘ
Ögedei Khan → spouse → Töregene Khatun ⓘ
subject linked to: Ugedei Khan
Güyük Khan → mother → Töregene Khatun ⓘ