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navigation, search  Töregene Khatun (also Turakina) (1242–1246)
was the Great Khatun and regent of the Mongol Empire from the
death of her husband Ögedei Khan in 1241 until the election of
her eldest son Güyük Khan in 1246.  A coin probably struck in
Georgia or Azerbaijan during the reign of Töregene Khatun
(1244–46).   Born in the Naiman tribe, Töregene was given as
wife to Qudu, the noble of the Merkit clan at first.[1] But
Rashid-al-Din Hamadani named her first husband as Dair Usun of
the Merkits.[2][not specific enough to verify] When Genghis
conquered the Merkits in 1204, he gave Töregene to Ögedei as his
second wife. While Ögedei's first wife had no sons, Töregene
gave birth to five sons.  She eclipsed all of Ögedei's wives and
gradually increased her influence among the court officials. But
Töregene still resented Ögedei's officials and the policy of
centralizing the administration and lowering tax burdens.
Töregene sponsored the reprintin