Kublai (Emperor of China) Khan^[1]

1215 - 1294  (79 years)

• Name	Kublai (Emperor of China) Khan
  Birth	1215
  Gender	Male
  Death	1294
  Person ID	I169377	First tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	Tului (Toloi) (Ogdai?)(of The Golden Horde) Khan,   b. Abt 1194   d. 1231 (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Sorghaghtani Beki,   b. Abt 1198   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F67748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Chingiz Imperial Prince of China,   b. Abt 1242   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F67749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  He was the Governor General of China until his brother Mangu's death, at which time he was elected Great Khan. Fromhttp://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1827221&id=I92589&ti=2816 "Kublai also spelled Khubilai , or Kubla Mongolian general and statesman,grandson of Genghis Khan. He was thus at one and the same time theoverlord of all the Mongol dominions which included areas as diverse asthat of the Golden Horde in southern Russia, the Il-Khanate of Persia,and the steppe heartlands where Mongol princes were still living thetraditional nomadic lifevand the ruler of his own realm of China. Togovern China, with its long and individual political and culturalhistory, demanded statecraft of a special order." Encylopedia Britannica 2003 CD-ROM "Kublai Khan was the fourth son of Tolui, the youngest of Genghis' foursons by his favourite wife. He began to play an important part in theextension and consolidation of the Mongol empire only in 1251, when hewas in his middle 30s. His brother, the emperor Möngke, resolved tocomplete the conquest of Sung China, which had been planned by Genghis'third son, Ögödei, and also to subdue Persiava task allotted to Kublai'sbrother Hülegü. Kublai was invested with full civil and militaryresponsibility for the affairs of China. He appears never to have learnedto read or write Chinese, but already he had recognized the superiorityof Chinese thought and had gathered around himself a group of trustworthyConfucian advisers." Encylopedia Britannica 2003 CD-ROM

  
  

• Sources

  [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.