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The Connections of Genghis Khan
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history Every person recorded alongside Genghis Khan in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Genghis Khan in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Yesugei, Hoelun
- Spouses
- Börte, Khulan Khatun, Gürbesu, Yesui, Yesugen, Chahe
- Children
- Ogedei Khan, Jochi, Chagatai Khan, Tolui, Wuluchi, Alahaibieji, Tümelün, Chechiyegen, Yeli'andun, Al-Altan, Qojin, Kölgen
- Siblings
- Qasar, Behter, Belgutei, Hachiun, Temüge, Temulin
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1162 to 1227.
Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today
Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)
Medieval era
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1124 – April 1, 1204
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
Medieval era
Richard the Lionheart
September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
Medieval era
King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216
Medieval era
Frederick Barbarossa
1122 – June 10, 1190
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Medieval era
Saladin
1138 – March 4, 1193
Sultan who united the Muslim world and retook Jerusalem with famed chivalry
Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)