Andrey Bogolyubsky
c. 1111 – 1174 · 63 years · Vladimir · Eastern Europe & Russia
Reign: 1157 – 1174 (Rus and Russia)
Son of Yuri Dolgoruky. He made Vladimir his capital, built its Golden Gate, the Dormition Cathedral and the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, and sacked Kiev in 1169. He was murdered by boyar conspirators at his residence in Bogolyubovo.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Hildegard of Bingen — abbess, mystic and composer, 13 years older
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) — philosopher, commentator on Aristotle, 15 years younger
- Henry II — first Plantagenet, builder of the Angevin Empire and of common law, 22 years younger
- Louis VII the Young — Second Crusade leader and first husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine, 9 years younger
- Frederick Barbarossa — Holy Roman Emperor, 11 years younger
- Eleanor of Aquitaine — Queen of France and of England, 13 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Yuri Dolgoruky — prince of Rostov-Suzdal, founder of Moscow, 12 years older
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 43 years younger
- Vladimir II Monomakh — Grand Prince of Kiev, 58 years older
- Mstislav the Great — last ruler of a united Kievan Rus, 35 years older
Middle East
- Omar Khayyam — poet, mathematician, astronomer, 63 years older
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 46 years younger
- Anna Komnene — Byzantine princess and historian, 28 years older
Africa
- Saladin — Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 26 years younger
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 27 years younger
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 51 years younger
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 36 years younger
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 11 years younger
- Li Qingzhao — Song dynasty poet, 27 years older
The world in their lifetime
- c. 1113–1150 Construction of Angkor Wat — aged 2, Asia
- 1113 Vladimir Monomakh in Kiev — aged 2, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1113 The Primary Chronicle — aged 2, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1136 The Novgorod Republic — aged 25, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1163–1345 Notre-Dame de Paris begun — aged 52, Europe