Baldwin I, Latin Emperor
1172 – 1205 · 33 years · Constantinople · Europe
A leader of the Fourth Crusade, which took Constantinople instead of the Holy Land. In 1204 he became the first emperor of the Latin Empire, but a year later he was captured by the Bulgarian tsar Kaloyan at Adrianople and died in captivity.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Philip II Augustus — king who took Normandy from the Plantagenets, 7 years older
- John Lackland — King of England who sealed Magna Carta, 6 years older
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) — philosopher, commentator on Aristotle, 46 years older
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 10 years younger
- Henry II — first Plantagenet, builder of the Angevin Empire and of common law, 39 years older
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 22 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 18 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 17 years younger
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 19 years younger
Middle East
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 15 years older
- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, 6 years older
Africa
- Saladin — Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 35 years older
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 34 years older
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 10 years older
- Zhu Xi — Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher, 42 years older
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 25 years older
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 50 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — aged 13, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1188 Magdeburg rights — aged 16, Europe
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 20, Asia
- 1192 Second Battle of Tarain — aged 20, Asia
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — aged 30, Europe
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — aged 32, Europe