Möge Khatun (died 1242), was a princess of the Bakrin tribe and concubine of Genghis Khan. After the Khan’s death, Möge became a wife of Genghis' son, Ögedei Khan.[1] She was briefly regent in 1241.
| Möge Khatun | |
|---|---|
| Khatun of the Mongols | |
| Tenure | 1229 – 1241 |
| Born | 1190s |
| Died | 1242 Karakorum, Mongol Empire |
| Burial | Karakorum |
| Spouses | |
| Religion | Tengrism |
According to the historian Juvayni, "she was given to Genghis Khan by a chief of the Bakrin tribe, and he loved her very much." Ögedei also favored her, and she accompanied him on hunting expeditions.[2] In 1241, after the death of Ögedei Khan, power briefly passed into her hands. By the spring of 1242, however, Töregene Khatun had assumed complete power as regent with the support of Chagatai and her sons with the title Great Khatun and replaced the ministers of Ögödei with her own. Historian Timothy May has argued that Töregene waited until the death of Möge Khatun and Ögedei's first wife Boraqchin before revealing her true intentions with the regency.[3]
Möge Khatun did not have any children.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ McClynn, Frank (14 July 2015). Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy. Hachette Books. p. 117. ISBN 978-0306823961.
- ^ De Nicola, Bruno (2017). Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206-1335. Edinburgh University Press. p. 68.
- ^ May, Timothy (2016). "Commercial Queens: Mongolian Khatuns and the Silk Road". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 26/1-2. p. 90.
- ^ Broadbridge, Anne. Women and the Making of the Mongol Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 168.
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