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There were eleven emperors of the Yuan dynasty, an imperial dynasty of China, from 1271 to 1368. Proclaimed on 18 December 1271 by Kublai Khan (pictured), the Yuan dynasty succeeded the Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty. The list of emperors includes both Kublai's successors as rulers of China and his predecessors up to his grandfather Genghis Khan, who was retrospectively presented as the founder of the dynasty. Yuan rulers were nominally superior to those of the other three post-Mongol states, but each was de facto independent of the others and occupied with their own territories. Although the reigns of Kublai and his successor Temür were generally peaceful, weaknesses in the Yuan administration later became apparent and led to a gradual breakdown of political stability. By the mid-14th century, the Yuan state became impossible to govern, and in 1368 the last emperor, Toghon Temür, was forced to flee China. (Full list...)