Henry VI
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1165 – 1197 · 32 years · Palermo · Europe
Reign: 1190 – 1197 (Holy Roman Empire & Austria)
Barbarossa's son, married to the Sicilian heiress Constance. He extracted a huge ransom for the captive Richard the Lionheart and used it to conquer the Kingdom of Sicily in 1194; he died at Messina aged 32.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
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- Henry II — first Plantagenet, builder of the Angevin Empire and of common law, 32 years older
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 17 years younger
- Hildegard of Bingen — abbess, mystic and composer, 67 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
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Middle East
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- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, 1 year younger
Africa
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- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 27 years older
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 3 years older
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 18 years older
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 43 years older
The world in their lifetime
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