Sartaq (or Sartak, Sartach, mn, Сартаг, tt-Cyrl, Сартак) Khan (died 1257) was the son of

Batu Khan Batu Khan ( – 1255),, ''Bat haan'', tt-Cyrl, Бату хан; ; russian: хан Баты́й was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi, thus a grandson of Genghis K ...

and

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Dowager

Khatun Khatun ( Mongolian: хатан; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣, katun; ota, خاتون, hatun or قادین ''kadın''; fa, خاتون ''khātūn''; ; hi, ख़ातून ') is a female title of nobility and counterpart to "khan" or " Khagan" promine ...

Boraqchin of Alchi Tatar.Rashid al-Din - Universal History, see: ''Tale of Jochids'' Sartaq succeeded Batu as

khan Khan may refer to: *Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan *Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name *Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...

of the

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In 1252,

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Gran ...

met with Sartaq at Sarai. Alexander received ''yarlyk'' (license) to become

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in vassalage to the Kipchak Khanate. According to Lev Gumilev he became Sartaq's ''anda'' (sworn brother, akin to

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) and an adopted son of Batu Khan.Searching for an Imaginary Kingdom
/ref> His reign as khan of the Golden Horde was short-lived. He died in 1256 before returning from Great Khan Möngke's court in

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, less than one year after his father, probably having been poisoned by his uncles Berke and Berkhchir. Sartaq was succeeded by Ulaqchi briefly in 1257, before his uncle

Berke Berke Khan (died 1266) (also Birkai; , tt-Cyrl, Бәркә хан) was a grandson of Genghis Khan and a Mongol military commander and ruler of the Golden Horde (division of the Mongol Empire) who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue ...

succeeded to the throne. It is not clear whether Ulaqchi was his brother or his son. Sartaq's daughter Feodora (or Theothiure) was the wife of Gleb Vasilkovich, first Prince Belozersky of

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and Rostov, a grandson of

Konstantin of Rostov Konstantin Vsevolodovich (russian: Константи́н Все́володович) (18 May 1186 in Rostov – 2 February 1218) was the eldest son of Vsevolod the Big Nest and Maria Shvarnovna. In 1206 and 1207, he was the prince of Novg ...

. Theirs daughter Maria Glebovna Belozerskaya married Daniel Alexandrovich (the son of Alexander Nevsky) and become the mother of Ivan Kalita

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Michael Marcotte: Marcotte Genealogy - Khan genealogy chart
(shows part of Sartaq's family; Sartaq is called ''Sartuk Khan of the Blue Horde'') {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Sartaq Year of birth missing 1256 deaths Khans of the Golden Horde Converts to Christianity from pagan religions 13th-century monarchs in Europe Mongol Empire Christians

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