The House of Ögedei, sometimes called the Ögedeids, was an influential

Mongol The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member of ...

family and a branch of the Borjigin clan from the 12th to 14th centuries. They were descended from Ögedei (c. 1186–1241), a son of

Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...

who succeeded his father to become the second

khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...

of the

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. Ögedei continued the expansion of the Mongol Empire. When, after the Toluid

Möngke Khan Möngke ( mn, ' / Мөнх '; ; 11 January 1209 – 11 August 1259) was the fourth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire, ruling from 1 July 1251, to 11 August 1259. He was the first Khagan from the Toluid line, and made significant reforms ...

's death, the Mongol Empire disintegrated into

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

, the members of the House of Ogedei were influential players in the politics of the region. From the lines of Genghis Khan's sons — Ogedei,

Jochi Jochi Khan ( Mongolian: mn, Зүчи, ; kk, Жошы, Joşy جوشى; ; crh, Cuçi, Джучи, جوچى; also spelled Juchi; Djochi, and Jöchi c. 1182– February 1227) was a Mongol army commander who was the eldest son of Temüjin (aka G ...

, Chagatai, and

Tolui Tolui (also Toluy, Tului; , meaning: "the mirror"; – 1232) was a Mongol khan, the fourth son of Genghis Khan by his chief khatun, Börte. At his father's death in 1227, his ''Orda (organization), ulus'', or territorial inheritance, was the ...

, the House of Ögedei tended to ally with the

Chagataids The Chagatai Khanate, or Chagatai Ulus ( xng, , translit=Čaɣatay-yin Ulus; mn, Цагаадайн улс, translit=Tsagaadain Uls; chg, , translit=Čağatāy Ulusi; fa, , translit=Xânât-e Joghatây) was a Mongol and later Turkic peoples ...

(descendants of Chagatai) against the House of Jochi, while seeking control for themselves within the Chagatai Khanate at first. The Ogedeids also allied with the

Golden Horde The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongols, Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fr ...

against the Yuan founding emperor

Kublai Kublai ; Mongolian script: ; (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder of the Yuan dynasty of China and the fifth khagan-emperor of the ...

(son of Tolui), who was allied with his brother Hulagu, leader of the

Ilkhanate The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (, ''Qulug-un Ulus''), was a khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm, ...

in Persia. The Ogedeids attempted to unite the Mongol Empire under their own rule, and Ogedeid princes continued to march against the Yuan dynasty well into the 14th century, such as during the

Kaidu–Kublai war The Kaidu–Kublai war was a war between Kaidu and Kublai (and his successor Temür) from 1268 to 1301. Kaidu was the leader of the House of Ögedei and the ''de facto'' khan of the Chagatai Khanate, while Kublai was the founder of the Yuan dyn ...

. A peace occurred shortly in 1304, but the war soon resumed. In 1310,

Kaidu Kaidu (Middle Mongol: , Modern Mongol: / , ; ; c. 1230 – 1301) was a grandson of the Mongol khagan Ögedei (1185–1241) and thus leader of the House of Ögedei and the ''de facto'' khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a division of the Mongol Em ...

's successor Chapar Khan surrendered to the Yuan emperor Khayishan, and the territory controlled by the House of Ögedei was divided up by the Chagataids and the Yuan dynasty, after he and his relatives failed to win the Chagatai Khanate. After that, members from this family often appeared as influential contenders or puppet rulers under powerful

amir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

s and

noyan ''Noyan'' (pl. noyad), or ''Toyon'', was a Central Asian title of authority which was used to refer to civil-military leaders of noble ancestry in the Central Asian Turkic Khanates with origins in ''Noyon'', which was used as a title of autho ...

s in the

Northern Yuan dynasty The Northern Yuan () was a dynastic regime ruled by the Mongol Borjigin clan based in the Mongolian Plateau. It existed as a rump state after the collapse of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 and lasted until its conquest by the Jurchen-led Later Jin ...

(rump state of the Yuan dynasty) and

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in the 14th and 15th centuries. While being Turkified and vanished into

Tartars Tartary ( la, Tartaria, french: Tartarie, german: Tartarei, russian: Тартария, Tartariya) or Tatary (russian: Татария, Tatariya) was a blanket term used in Western European literature and cartography for a vast part of Asia bounde ...

Notable members

Ögedei Khan Ögedei Khagan (also Ogodei;, Mongolian: ''Ögedei'', ''Ögüdei''; – 11 December 1241) was second khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire. The third son of Genghis Khan, he continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun. ...

(1186–1241), son of Genghis Khan, and second

Khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, Khaghan, Kaghan, Khakan, Khakhan ...

of the

Güyük Khan Güyük (also Güyug;; ''c''. March 19, 1206 – April 20, 1248) was the third Khagan-Emperor of the Mongol Empire, the eldest son of Ögedei Khan and a grandson of Genghis Khan. He reigned from 1246 to 1248. Appearance According to Giovanni ...

(1206–1248), son of Ögedei, and third Khagan of the Mongol Empire *

Kadan Kadan (also Qadan) was the son of the second Great Khan of the Mongols Ögedei and a concubine. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan and the brother of Güyük Khan. During the Mongol invasion of Europe, Kadan, along with Baidar (son of Chaga ...

, son of Ögedei, and co-leader of the Mongol force that attacked Poland in the 13th century *

(c. 1235 – 1301), grandson of Ögedei, leader of the House of Ögedei, and de facto khan of the

Chagatai Khanate The Chagatai Khanate, or Chagatai Ulus ( xng, , translit=Čaɣatay-yin Ulus; mn, Цагаадайн улс, translit=Tsagaadain Uls; chg, , translit=Čağatāy Ulusi; fa, , translit=Xânât-e Joghatây) was a Mongol and later Turkicized kha ...

Khutulun Khutulun ({{circa, 1260 – {{circa, 1306), also known as Aigiarne,{{Cite book, title = Il Milione, last = Polo, first = Marco, publisher = L'Unità – Editori Riuniti, year = 1982, chapter = De la Grande Turchia Aiyurug, Khotol Tsagaan or Ay Y ...

(c. 1260–1306), Kaidu's daughter and warrior princess *

'Ali-Sultan Ali Khalil, also known as Ali-Sultan , was the khan (r.1342/1343) of the Chagatai Khanate. He was a descendant of Qadan, son of the second Great Khan Ögedei. 'Ali attacked the ordo (palace) of Yesun Temur and usurped the throne. He was the ...

, the Muslim Khan of the Chagatai Khanate (r.1342/1343) *

Danishmendji Danishmendji (died 1348) was Khan of the Chagatai Khanate from 1346 to 1348. He was the second Khan of the Chagatai ''ulus'' to be descended from Ögedei. In 1346 he was raised to the Khanship by Amir Qazaghan, who was the leader of the Qara'u ...

(d. 1348), khan of the Chagatai Khanate from 1346 to 1348 * Soyurghatmïsh Khan (d. 1384), khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate * Sultan Mahmud (Chagatai) (d. 1402), khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate *

Örüg Temür Khan Örüg Temür Khan ( mn, Ёлтөмөр хаан ; ), possibly Gulichi (; Mongolian: ''γuyilinči''), (1379–1408) was a khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1408. Örüg Temür ( fa, اروک تیمور) in historical mat ...

, khan of the

from 1402 to 1408 *

Adai Khan Adai ( Mongolian: mn, Адай; ), (1390–1438) was a khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1425 to 1438. After the prominent eastern Mongol chancellor Arughtai threw his allegiance to him, Adai briefly reunited most of the Mongol ...

, khan of the Northern Yuan dynasty from 1425 to 1438

Descendants of Ögedei

House of Güyük

* Güyük Qan(貴由/guìyóu,گيوك خان/Guyūk khān) **(忽察/hūchá,خواجه اغول/Khwaja Āghūl) ***(禿苦滅/tūkǔmiè,توکمه/Tūkme) *** Busju Ebügen(بوسجو ابوکانBūsjū Ābūkān) ***(禿魯/tūlŭ,توقلوق/Tūqlūq) *** Irgendzen(亦児監蔵/yìérjiāncáng) *** Ölǰei Ebügen(完者也不干/wánzhĕyĕbùgān) **(腦忽/nǎohū,ناقو/Nāqū) *** Čabat(چبات/Chabāt) **(禾忽/héhū,هوقو/Hūqū)

House of Köden

* Köden(闊端/hédān,كوتان/kūtān) ** Mergidei(滅里吉歹/mièlǐjídǎi) *** Yes buqa(也速不花/yěsùbúhuā,ییسوبوقا/yīsū būqā) ** Möngetü(蒙哥都/mēnggēdōu,مونكاتو/mūnkātū) *** Irinǰin(亦憐真/yìliánzhēn,ایرنچان/īrinchān) **(只必帖木児/zhībìtiēmùér,جینك تیمور/jīnk tīmūr) *** Tebile(帖必烈/tiēbìliè,ممبوله＝تیبوله/tībūle) *** Külük(曲列魯/qūlièlǔ,كورلوك/kūrlūk) **** Bek temür(別帖木児/biétiēmùér) *****(也速也不干/yěsùyěbúgān) ******(脱脱木児/tuōtuōmùér)

House of Küčü

*(闊出/kuòchū,کوچو/Kūchū) **(昔列門/xīlièmén,شيرامون/Shīrāmūn) **** Qunǰi(قونجی/Qūnjī) **** Qadai(哈歹/hādǎi,قادای/Qādāī) **** Aluγui(阿魯灰/ālǔhuī,القوی/Ālqūī) **** Sadur(سادور/Sādūr) ** Boladči(孛羅赤/bóluochì,بولاوجی/Būlāūjī) **Söse(小薛/xiǎoxuē,سوسه/Sūse)

House of Qaračar

*(哈剌察兒/hǎlácháér,قراچار/Qarāchār) ** Tötaq(脱脱/tuōtuō,توظاق/Tūṭāq)

House of Qaši

*(合失/héshī,قاشی/qāshī) ** Qaidu(海都/hǎidōu,قايدو/qāīdū) ***(察八児/chábāér,چاپار/chāpār) **** Ölǰei temür(完者帖木児/wánzhětiēmùér) ***** Qulatai(忽剌台/ hūlátái) ***(يانگيچار/yāngīchār) ***(斡羅思/wòluosī, اوروس/ūrūs) ***Sarban(ساربان/sārbān) *** Qutulun Čaγan(قوتولو ن جغا/qūtūlūn jaghā)

House of Qada'an

* Qada'an oγul(合丹/hédān,قدان اغور/Qadān āghūr) ** Dorǰi(覩爾赤/dǔěrchì,دورجی/Dūrjī) ***Söse(小薛/xiǎoxuē,سوسه/Sūse) **** Singgibal (星吉班/xīngjíbān) *** Askiba(اسکبه/Askiba) ** Yesür(也速児/yěsùér,ییسور/Yīsūr) ** Qibčaq(قبچاق/Qibchāq) *** Quril(قوریل/Qūrīl) ** Ebügen(也不干/yěbúgān,ابوکانAbūkān) *** Qorangsa(火郎撒/huǒlángsā) ** Yesün tu'a(也孫脱/yěsūntuō) ** Qoniči(火你/huǒnǐ)

House of Melik

*(滅里/mièlǐ,ملک/Melik) **Tuman(禿満/tūmǎn,تومان/Tūmān) *** Küčün(曲春/qūchūn) **** Temürči(帖木児赤/tiēmùérchì) *****(阿魯輝帖木児/ālŭhuītiēmùér) ***** Qutuq Temür(忽都帖木児/hūdōutiēmùér) ** Toγan Buqa(تگان بوقا/Togān Būqā) *** Olqut(اولوکتو/Ūlūktū) ** Toγančar(توغانچار/Tūghānchār) ** Torčan(تورجان/Tūrjān) ** Toqu(脱忽/tuōhū,توقو/Tūqū) **Abdullah(俺都剌/ǎndōulà,عبدالله/Abdullah) *** Ayači(愛牙赤/àiyáchì) ****Taiping(太平/tàipíng) Louis Hambis (1945). Le chapitre CVII du Yuan che : les généalogies impériales monogoles dans l'histoire chinoise officielle de la dynastie monogole. Monographies du Tʿoung pao, vol. 38. pp. 71–87

References

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