Henry III
1207 – 1272 · 65 years · London · Europe
Reign: 1216 – 1272 (England and Britain)
Became king at nine and reigned for 56 years. He rebuilt Westminster Abbey in Gothic style; a barons' revolt led by Simon de Montfort produced the Parliament of 1265, the first to include representatives of the towns.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Saint Louis (Louis IX) — crusader king canonised as a saint, 7 years younger
- Rudolf I — first Habsburg king, who won Austria for his house, 11 years younger
- Thomas Aquinas — theologian and philosopher, 18 years younger
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 13 years older
- Edward I Longshanks — conqueror of Wales, called the Hammer of the Scots, 32 years younger
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 25 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Alexander Nevsky — Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince, 14 years younger
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 16 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 18 years older
- Daniel of Moscow — first prince of Moscow, founder of the Moscow line of the Rurikids, 54 years younger
Middle East
Africa
- Sundiata Keita — founder of the Mali Empire, 10 years younger
Asia
- Kublai Khan — Great Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty, 8 years younger
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 45 years older
- Marco Polo — Venetian traveller, 47 years younger
- Razia Sultana — Sultan of Delhi, 2 years older
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 85 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1215 Magna Carta — aged 8, Europe
- 1223 Battle of the Kalka River — aged 16, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1237–1240 Mongol invasion of Rus' — aged 30, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1240 Batu Khan takes Kiev — aged 33, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1242 The Golden Horde is founded — aged 35, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1250 The moai of Easter Island — aged 43, Oceania
- c. 1251 The Tripitaka Koreana — aged 44, Asia
- 1257 Samalas eruption — aged 50, Asia
- 1258 Mongol sack of Baghdad — aged 51, Middle East
- 1271 Kublai Khan founds the Yuan dynasty — aged 64, Asia
- 1271–1295 Travels of Marco Polo — aged 64, Asia