
Year 1269 (
MCCLXIX) was a
common year starting on Tuesday
A common year starting on Tuesday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Tuesday, 1 January, and ends on Tuesday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is F. The most recent year of such kind was 2019, and the next one wi ...
of the
Julian calendar
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.
Events
By place
Europe
* June 16
Events Pre-1600
* 632 – Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king (''shah'') of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
*1407 – Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son K ...
– Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa
The battle of Colle di Val d'Elsa took place between 16 and 17 June 1269 at Colle di Val d'Elsa between the Ghibelline troops of Siena and the Guelph troops of Charles of Anjou and Florence, represented by fewer than 200 knights commanded by Ne ...
: Guelph forces (2,200 men) led by King Charles I of Anjou
Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was King of Sicily from 1266 to 1285. He was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the House of Anjou-Sicily. Between 1246 a ...
defeat the Ghibellines at Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
. After the battle, the Guelphs drive out their adversaries at Colle di Val d'Elsa
Colle di Val d'Elsa or Colle Val d'Elsa is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Siena, Tuscany. It has a population of c. 21,600 . Its name means "Hill of Elsa Valley", where Elsa (river), Elsa is the name of the river which crosses it and Val ...
, destroying their houses, and confiscating their possessions.
* June 19
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.
* 1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle cha ...
– King Louis IX of France
Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians. Following the death of his father, Louis VI ...
("the Saint") orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge
The yellow badge, also known as the yellow patch, the Jewish badge, or the yellow star (, ), was an accessory that Jews were required to wear in certain non-Jewish societies throughout history. A Jew's ethno-religious identity, which would be d ...
to be fined ten livre
Livre may refer to:
Currency
* French livre, one of a number of obsolete units of currency of France
* Livre tournois, one particular obsolete unit of currency of France
* Livre parisis, another particular obsolete unit of currency of France
* Fre ...
s of silver. He also confiscates goods from the Jewish population to fund the Eighth Crusade
The Eighth Crusade was the second Crusade launched by Louis IX of France, this one against the Hafsid dynasty in Tunisia in 1270. It is also known as the Crusade of Louis IX Against Tunis or the Second Crusade of Louis. The Crusade did not see an ...
.
* September – An Aragonese contingent under King James I James I may refer to:
People
*James I of Aragon (1208–1276)
* James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327)
* James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu
* James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347)
*James I of Cyprus (1334� ...
("the Conqueror") sails from Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
to the Holy Land
The term "Holy Land" is used to collectively denote areas of the Southern Levant that hold great significance in the Abrahamic religions, primarily because of their association with people and events featured in the Bible. It is traditionall ...
but is caught in a storm and badly damaged. One squadron reaches Acre
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, but later returns to Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
.
* King Ottokar II of Bohemia
Ottokar II (; , in Městec Králové, Bohemia – 26 August 1278, in Dürnkrut, Austria, Dürnkrut, Lower Austria), the Iron and Golden King, was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty who reigned as King of Bohemia from 1253 until his death in 1278 ...
inherits Carinthia
Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...
and part of Carniola
Carniola ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Although as a whole it does not exist anymore, Slovenes living within the former borders of the region still tend to identify with its traditional parts Upp ...
, making him the most powerful German prince within the Holy Roman Empire
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; the empire lacking an emperor during the ongoing “Great Interregnum
There were many imperial interregna in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, when there was no emperor. Interregna in which there was no emperor-elect (king of the Romans) were rarer. Among the longest periods without an emperor were between 92 ...
”.
Britain
* Prince Edward
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...
(the Lord Edward) of England obtains the right to levy a twentieth of the value of the Church's wealth to finance the Ninth Crusade
Lord Edward's Crusade, sometimes called the Ninth Crusade, was a military expedition to the Holy Land under the command of Edward I of England, Prince Edward Longshanks (later king as Edward I) in 1271 – 1272. In practice an extension of t ...
. That sum turns out to be insufficient, and Edward has to borrow to reach his target.
* John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
John Comyn (Cumyn) ( – ) was Lord of Badenoch in Scotland. He was Justiciar of Galloway in 1258. He held lands in Nithsdale ( Dalswinton, a Comyn stronghold, and Duncow) and Tynedale.
Life
The Comyn family were in effective power in ...
, begins the construction of Blair Castle
Blair Castle (in Scottish Gaelic: ''Caisteil Bhlàir'') stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the ancestral home of the Clan Murray, and was historically the seat of their clan chief, chief, the ...
in Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
.
Africa
* September 8
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem.
* 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path ...
– Berber forces of the Marinid Sultanate
The Marinid dynasty ( ) was a Berbers, Berber Muslim dynasty that controlled present-day Morocco from the mid-13th to the 15th century and intermittently controlled other parts of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) and of the southern Iberian P ...
under Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq
Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq () (c. 1212 – 20 March 1286) was a Marinid ruler of Morocco. He was the fourth son of Marinid founder Abd al-Haqq, and succeeded his brother Abu Yahya in 1258. He died in 1286. He was the son of Abd al-Ha ...
complete the conquest of Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
and capture Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi Regions of Morocco, region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mounta ...
after a long siege, effectively ending the Almohad Caliphate
The Almohad Caliphate (; or or from ) or Almohad Empire was a North African Berbers, Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century. At its height, it controlled much of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus) and North Africa (the Maghreb).
Th ...
. The last Almohad ruler, Idris al-Wathiq
Abu Idris al-Wathiq (; died 1269), known as Abu Dabbus, was the last Almohad caliph who reigned in Marrakesh from 1266 until his death.
Life
Marrakech had been besieged earlier by the Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq before 1 ...
(or Abu Dabbus), is assassinated by a slave. The Marinids become the new masters of the western Maghreb
The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb al ...
and Abu Yusuf Yaqub takes up the title of "Prince of the Muslims".[Abun-Nasir, Jamil (1987). ''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'', pp. 103–118. Cambridge University Press. .]
By topic
Religion
* March – Ode de Pougy
Ode de Pougy () was the Abbess of Notre Dame aux Nonnains in Troyes, France, from 1264 to 1272.
She is known for her efforts to forcibly prevent the construction of the Church of St Urbain, Troyes, which led to her excommunication.
Life
Ode de ...
, French Abbess of Notre Dame aux Nonnains, and several associates who assist her, are excommunicated
Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular those of being in communion with other members of the con ...
.
* Approximate date – Opizzo Fieschi
Opizzo Fieschi ( ), also known as Opizo or Opiso dei' Fieschi, was a 13th-century Italian cleric from the powerful Genovese Fieschi family. Following his uncle Sinibaldo's election as , Opizzo was appointed the Catholic Church's patriarch of Ant ...
, Latin patriarch of Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; , ) "Antioch on Daphne"; or "Antioch the Great"; ; ; ; ; ; ; . was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, it served as ...
, is exiled, being displaced because of the East–West Schism
The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion (Christian), communion between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. A series of Eastern Orthodox – Roman Catholic eccle ...
of 1054
Year 1054 ( MLIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
East-West schism: the ongoing break of communion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Sultan T ...
.
Science
* Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, French mathematician and writer, performs a series of experiments with magnetic poles and proposes that a machine can be run forever in perpetual motion
Perpetual motion is the motion of bodies that continues forever in an unperturbed system. A perpetual motion machine is a hypothetical machine that can do work indefinitely without an external energy source. This kind of machine is impossible ...
using the properties of magnets.
Births
*
February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire
*1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
–
Louis III, Duke of Bavaria Louis III. (February 9, 1269 – May 13, 1296) was duke of Lower Bavaria from 1290 until 1296 as co-regent with his brothers Otto III and Stephen I.
Biography
Louis was born in Landshut, the son of Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria and Elizabeth of ...
, German nobleman, knight and regent (d.
1296
Year 1296 ( MCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 30 – Capture of Berwick: King Edward I of England storms and captures Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking what is at this t ...
)
*
June 18
Events Pre-1600
* 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
* 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
* 860 – Siege of Constantinople (860), Byzantine� ...
–
Eleanor of England
Eleanor of England (; – 31 October 1214), was Queen of Castile and Toledo as the wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile. She was the sixth child and second daughter of Henry II, King of England, and Eleanor of Aquitaine. She served as Regent of C ...
, English princess (d.
1298
Year 1298 ( MCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* April 20 – Rindfleisch massacres: The Jews of Röttingen are burned en masse. The Colmar Dominican Rudolph (refer ...
)
*
July 10
Events Pre-1600
* 138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
* 420 – Having usurped the throne ...
–
Emperor Duanzong
Emperor Duanzong of Song (10 July 1270 – 8 May 1278), personal name Zhao Shi, was the 17th emperor of the Song dynasty of China, and the eighth and penultimate emperor of the Southern Song dynasty. He was the fifth son of Emperor Duzong an ...
(or Zhao Shi) of China (d.
1278
Year 1278 (Roman numerals, MCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* May 1 – William of Villehardouin, prince of Principality of Achaea, Achaea, dies. By the terms of t ...
)
* November –
Philip of Artois
Philip of Artois (November 1269 – 11 September 1298), Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront, was the son of Robert II, Count of Artois, and Amicie de Courtenay, daughter of Peter, Lord of Conches and Mehun.
He married Blanche of Br ...
, French nobleman and knight (d. 1298)
*
Alexander of San Elpidio, Italian friar and bishop (d.
1326
Year 1326 (Roman numerals, MCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events January – March
* January 21 – The foundation of Oriel College, Oxford, Oriel College (or King's College), the University ...
)
*
Frederick Tuta
Frederick Tuta (c. 1269 – 16 August 1291), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Landsberg from 1285 and Margrave of Lusatia from 1288 until his death. He also served as regent of the Margraviate of Meissen.
The origin and mean ...
, German
nobleman
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...
and
regent
In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been dete ...
(d.
1291
Year 1291 ( MCCXCI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* August 1 – Federal Charter of 1291: The "three forest cantons" ('' Waldstätte'') of Switzerland (Schwyz, Uri and Unt ...
)
*
Huang Gongwang
Huang Gongwang (born 1269, Changshu, Jiangsu province, China—died 1354), birth name Lu Jian (), was a Chinese painter, poet and writer born at the end of the Song dynasty in Changshu, Jiangsu. He was the oldest of the " Four Masters of the Yu ...
(or Lu Jian), Chinese painter (d.
1354
Year 1354 ( MCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* Early in the year – Ibn Battuta returns from his travels at the command of Abu Inan Faris, sultan of Morocco, who ap ...
)
*
Nichizō, Japanese
Buddhist
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
monk and disciple (d.
1342
Year 1342 ( MCCCXLII) was a common year starting on Tuesday and current year of the Julian calendar.
Events January–December
* January 21–June 27 – An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt, rules prior to being deposed by his hal ...
)
Deaths
* April –
Geoffrey of Sergines
Geoffrey of Sergines, sometimes known as Geoffroy of Sargines (c. 1205 – April 1269), was a French knight who served as seneschal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
References
* Christopher Marshall: ''Warfare in the Latin East, 1192–1291'' (''C ...
, French nobleman and knight (b.
1205
Year 1205 ( MCCV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Theodore I Laskaris is proclaimed Byzantine emperor (or ''basileus''), formally founding the Empire of ...
)
*
July 7
Events Pre-1600
* 1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks.
* 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution.
* 1520 – Spanish ''conquistad ...
–
Saionji Saneuji
Saionji Saneuji (西園寺実氏 1194 – 7 July 1269) was a '' waka'' poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period. He is designated as a member of the .
Family
Parents
*Father: Saionji Kintsune (西園寺公経, 1171 – 24 ...
, Japanese poet and writer (b.
1194
Year 1194 ( MCXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
England
* February 4 – King Richard I of England ("the Lionheart") is ransomed for an amount of 150,000 marks (demanded by Emper ...
)
*
October 1
Events Pre-1600
* 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
* 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
* 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to E ...
–
Giordano Pironti
Giordano Pironti dei Conti di Terracina (born Terracina, ca. 1210; died in Viterbo, 1 October 1269) was an Italian aristocrat, papal bureaucrat, and Roman Catholic Cardinal. His family included a brother, Pietro, and three nephews, Pietro, Giovan ...
, Italian aristocrat and cardinal
*
October 27
Events Pre-1600
*312 – Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of Constantine, Vision of the Cross.
*1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
*1524 – French troops Italian campaign of 152 ...
–
Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia
Ulrich III ( – 27 October 1269) was the ruler in the March of Carniola from and Duke of Carinthia from 1256 until his death, the last ruler from the House of Sponheim. His rule had long-lasting consequences. In Carniola, he acquired the for ...
, German nobleman and knight (b.
1220
Year 1220 ( MCCXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Fifth Crusade
* July – The Crusaders, led by the Knights Hospitaller, raid Burlus, located in the Nile Delta in Egypt. The town is ...
)
*
Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari
Al-Shustari (; 1203–1269 CE) was an Andalusī Sufi poet, sufi mystic, and scholar known for his contributions to Islamic mysticism and religious poetry.
A disciple of Ibn Sabʿīn and influenced by Andalusī Sufis such as Abū Madyan, al- ...
, Moorish poet and writer (b.
1212
Year 1212 ( MCCXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
England
* July 10 – The Great Fire: The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground; over ...
)
*
Albin of Brechin
Albin (or Albinus) (died 1269) was a 13th-century prelate of the Kingdom of Scotland. A university graduate, Albin is known for his ecclesiastical career in the diocese of Brechin, centred on Angus in east-central Scotland.
Almost certainly a ...
(or Albinus), Scottish
prelate
A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Minister (Christianity), Christian clergy who is an Ordinary (church officer), ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which me ...
and bishop
*
Constance of Aragon, Lady of Villena
Constance of Aragon (1239–1269) was a daughter of James I of Aragon and his second wife Yolanda of Hungary.Arco y Garay, Ricardo del (1954). ''Sepulcros de la Casa Real de Castilla''. Madrid: Instituto Jerónimo Zurita. Consejo Superior de Inv ...
, Spanish princess (
''infanta'') (b.
1239
Year 1239 ( MCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – A German expeditionary force under Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, invades the Romagna and Tuscany, hoping ...
)
*
Ebulo de Montibus
Ebulo de Montibus (French Ebal II de Mont) (c.1230 – 1269) Born as a younger son of Ebal I de Mont and his wife, Beatrice, Ebal II was first noted in 1237. Born in the Pays de Vaud, now Switzerland then Savoy. The Famille de Mont held the castl ...
, Savoyan nobleman and knight (b.
1230
Year 1230 ( MCCXXX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* March 9 – Battle of Klokotnitsa: Byzantine forces under Theodore Komnenos (Doukas) invade Bulgaria, breaking ...
)
*
Gregorio di Montelongo Gregorio di Montelongo (or da Monte Longo; c. 1200 – 1269) was the Bishop of Tripoli from 1249 until 1251 and the Patriarch of Aquileia from 1251 until his death.
Gregorio was born in Ferentino into a family related to the counts of Segni, origin ...
, Italian bishop of
Tripoli
Tripoli or Tripolis (from , meaning "three cities") may refer to:
Places Greece
*Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in the Pelasgiotis district, Thessaly, near Larissa ...
(b.
1200
The Proleptic Gregorian calendar called it a century leap year. Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Boniface I, Marquis of Montferrat, sends envoys to Venice, Genoa and other city-states to negotiate a contract for transport to t ...
)
*
Guigues VII, French ruler (
''dauphin'') of
Viennois (b.
1225
Year 1225 ( MCCXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Mongol Empire
* Autumn – Subutai is assigned a new campaign by Genghis Khan against the Tanguts. He crosses the Gobi Desert wit ...
)
*
Idris al-Wathiq
Abu Idris al-Wathiq (; died 1269), known as Abu Dabbus, was the last Almohad caliph who reigned in Marrakesh from 1266 until his death.
Life
Marrakech had been besieged earlier by the Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq before 1 ...
(or Abu Dabbus), Almohad ruler (''
caliph
A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with Khalifa, the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of ...
'')
*
John Lestrange, English landowner, knight and border lord (b. 1194)
*
Liu Kezhuang
Liu Kezhuang (, 1187–1269), was a Song Dynasty Chinese poet and literary critic.
He is credited with selecting the first version of the anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; i ...
, Chinese poet and literary critic (b.
1187
Year 1187 ( MCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Emperor Isaac II (Angelos) sends a Byzantine expeditionary force under Alexios Branas to suppress ...
)
*
Oberto Pallavicino
Oberto (or Uberto) Pallavicino (1197–1269) was an Italian military commander who served under Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. He was a member of the lombard branch of the Pallavicini family.
Pallavicino supported Frederick II against Pope Gr ...
, Italian nobleman (
''signore'') and field captain (b.
1197
Year 1197 ( MCXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Henry VI travels to Italy to persuade Pope Celestine III to crown his infant son Frederick II, wh ...
)
*
Vasylko Romanovych
Vasylko Romanovych (1199 or 1203–1269 or 1271) was Prince of Belz (1207–1269), Prince of Berestia (1231–1269), and Prince of Volhynia (1231–1269). He was the son of Roman the Great and Anna-Euphrosyne, and the younger brother of Daniel of ...
, Grand Prince of
Kiev
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
(b.
1203
Year 1203 ( MCCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. It was also the first year to have all digits different from each other since 1098.
Events
By place Fourth Crusade
* April 20 – The Crusader arm ...
)
*
William (III) de Beauchamp, English nobleman (b.
1215
Year 1215 ( MCCXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By continent Europe
* January 8 – Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, is elected lord of Languedoc in a council at Montpellier (Sou ...
)
References
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