Everything about Sartaq Khan totally explained
Sartaq (or
Sartak or
Sartach)
Khan (died
1256) was the son of
Batu Khan and
Regent Dowager Khanum Boraqcin of Hwarizim Sahi . Sartaq succeeded Batu as
khan of the
Golden Horde (
Kipchak Khanate).
In
1241,
Alexander Nevsky came to
Sarai and befriended Sartaq. He became Sartaq’s
anda (sworn brother, probably akin to
blood brother) and an adopted son of Batu Khan. In return, Alexander returned with a contingent of
Tatars that took part in the
Battle of the Ice. Alexander received
yarlyk (license) to become
Grand Duke of Vladimir in vassalage to the Kipchak Khanate.
Sartaq was reputed to be a
Christian convert; his father being a
Shamanist. There are several stories of Sartaq's conversion. The
Armenian writers, for example, alleged that Sartaq was brought up and baptized among the Russians.
However, a message dated
August 29,
1254 by Sartaq addressed to
Pope Innocent IV, stated that Sartaq, then a
duke, was baptised as a Christian. The Pope heard the news from a priest whom the khan had sent as envoy to the papal court.
His reign as khan of the Golden Horde was short-lived. He died in 1256, less than one year after his father, probably having been poisoned. Sartaq was succeeded by
Ulaqchi briefly in
1257, before his uncle
Berke succeeded to the throne. It isn't clear whether Ulaqchi was his brother or his son.
Sartaq's daughter Theodora (or Theothiure) was the wife of
Gleb Vasilkovich of
Beloozero and
Rostov, a grandson of
Konstantin of Rostov and first cousin once removed of Alexander Nevsky. Their descendants include
Ivan IV of Russia and innumerable families of Russian nobility.
Ancestry
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