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Köten

1101 - 1241

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Köten (Russian: Котян, romanized: Kotyan; Hungarian: Kötöny; Arabic: Kutan; fl. 1205–1241) was a Cuman–Kipchak chieftain (khan) and military commander active in the mid-13th century. He forged an important alliance with the Kievan Rus' against the Mongols but was ultimately defeated by them at the Kalka River in 1223. After the Mongol victory, Köten led 40,000 "huts" to Hungary, where he became an ally of the Hungarian king and accepted Catholicism, but was nonetheless assassinated by the Hungarian nobility. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Köten is the 538th most popular military personnel (up from 733rd in 2019). (up from 1,067th in 2019)

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Among military personnels, Köten ranks 538 out of 2,058. Before him are John Franklin, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Adolf Heusinger, Lautaro, Oghul Qaimish, and Mamai. After him are Max Hoffmann, Ante Gotovina, Hans Baur, William Tecumseh Sherman, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, and Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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Among people born in 1101, Köten ranks 5. Before him are Héloïse, Stephen II of Hungary, Marie de France, and Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji. After him are Eustathius of Thessalonica, William de Longchamp, Dobrodeia of Kiev, Andronikos I of Trebizond, Theodore II of Constantinople, Michael IV of Constantinople, and George II of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1241, Köten ranks 8. Before him are Pope Gregory IX, Pope Celestine IV, Snorri Sturluson, Valdemar II of Denmark, Henry II the Pious, and Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. After him are Isabella of England, Coloman of Galicia, Manuel Doukas, Fujiwara no Teika, Amaury de Montfort, and Irene Laskarina.

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