Güyük Khan

Eldest son of Ögedei and Töregene, elected Great Khan after a four-year regency interregnum. His brief reign was consumed by his quarrel with his cousin Batu, and by his correspondence with Pope Innocent IV, to whom he replied that the Pope and all kings of the West must come in person to render homage. He died on the road to confront Batu in 1248, perhaps poisoned.