Conrad IV
1228 – 1254 · 26 years · Foggia · Europe
Reign: 1250 – 1254 (Holy Roman Empire & Austria)
Son of Frederick II, king of Germany, Sicily and Jerusalem, but never emperor. He went to Italy to defend his inheritance against the pope and died of malaria in 1254, after which Germany slid into the Interregnum.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Saint Louis (Louis IX) — crusader king canonised as a saint, 14 years older
- Rudolf I — first Habsburg king, who won Austria for his house, 10 years older
- Thomas Aquinas — theologian and philosopher, 3 years older
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 34 years older
- Edward I Longshanks — conqueror of Wales, called the Hammer of the Scots, 11 years younger
- Henry III — king under whom the English Parliament was born, 21 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Alexander Nevsky — Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince, 7 years older
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 37 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 39 years older
Middle East
- Rumi — Sufi poet, 21 years older
Africa
- Sundiata Keita — founder of the Mali Empire, 11 years older
Asia
- Kublai Khan — Great Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty, 13 years older
- Razia Sultana — Sultan of Delhi, 23 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1237–1240 Mongol invasion of Rus' — aged 9, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1240 Batu Khan takes Kiev — aged 12, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1242 The Golden Horde is founded — aged 14, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1250 The moai of Easter Island — aged 22, Oceania
- c. 1251 The Tripitaka Koreana — aged 23, Asia