Canike
Sign in to saveCanike (late 14th century – 1437) was a Crimean princess from the Chingissid dynasty. She was the daughter of the Khan Tokhtamysh and the wife of Emir Edigu. In 1416 she made a pilgrimage to Mecca, gaining her fame in the Muslim world. She played an important role in the separation of the Crimean Khanate from the Golden Horde. She supported the future first Crimean Khan, Hacı I Giray, in the fight against Küchük Muhammad and Sayid Ahmad I. When she died in 1437 she was buried in a specially built mausoleum with the title "Great Empress."
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- Person.name
- Canike
- Person.honorific_suffix
- Hanım
- Person.native_name
- Canike, جانـيـكه
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- crh
- Person.birth_date
- the end of XIVth century
- Person.birth_place
- presumably, Qırq Or, Crimean Ulus of the Golden Horde
- Person.death_date
- 1437
- Person.death_place
- Qırq Or
- Person.resting_place
- Chufut-Kale
- Person.spouse
- Edige
- Person.children
- Nureddin
- Person.mother
- Togaybek
- Person.father
- Tokhtamysh
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- date of death
- 1437-00-00
- date of birth
- 1370-00-00
- name in native language
- جانـيـكه
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Canike (late 14th century – 1437) was a Crimean princess from the Chingissid dynasty. She was the daughter of the Khan Tokhtamysh and the wife of Emir Edigu. In 1416 she made a pilgrimage to Mecca, gaining her fame in the Muslim world. She played an important role in the separation of the Crimean Khanate from the Golden Horde. She supported the future first Crimean Khan, Hacı I Giray, in the fight against Küchük Muhammad and Sayid Ahmad I. When she died in 1437 she was buried in a specially built mausoleum with the title "Great Empress."
==Biography== Canike was most likely born in the late 14th century in Crimea. Her father was Tokhtamysh, who was the Khan of the Golden Horde from 1379 to 1380. Almost nothing is known for certain about her childhood, but it is known that she was her father's favorite daughter.
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