Kadan
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Kadan was the son of the second Great Khan of the Mongols Ögedei and a concubine. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan and the brother of Güyük Khan. During the Mongol invasion of Europe, Kadan, along
The Hungarian King Béla IV on the flight from the Mongols under Qadan
Qadan's siege of Olomouc
Mongol invasion of Europe
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From the 1220s to the 1240s, the Mongols conquered the Turkic states of Volga Bulgaria, Cumania and Iranian state of Alania, and various principalities in Eastern Europe. Following this, they began th
Mongol invasion of Europe 1236–1242
Yaroslav II returns to Vladimir after Mongol destruction, miniature from the Kazan Chronicle
The Mongol army captures a city, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
Henry II the Pious, who lost his life at the Battle of Legnica, 19th-century painting by Jan Matejko