John Lackland
1166 – 1216 · 50 years · London · Europe
Reign: 1199 – 1216 (England and Britain)
Youngest son of Henry II. He lost Normandy in 1204, fell out with the pope and the barons, and in 1215 was forced to seal Magna Carta, which limited royal power.
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Portrait: British – School Details on Google Art Project · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Philip II Augustus — king who took Normandy from the Plantagenets, 1 year older
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 16 years younger
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) — philosopher, commentator on Aristotle, 40 years older
- Henry II — first Plantagenet, builder of the Angevin Empire and of common law, 33 years older
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 28 years younger
- Hildegard of Bingen — abbess, mystic and composer, 68 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 12 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 23 years younger
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 25 years younger
Middle East
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 9 years older
- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, born the same year
Africa
- Saladin — Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 29 years older
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 28 years older
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 4 years older
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 19 years older
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 44 years older
- Razia Sultana — Sultan of Delhi, 39 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — aged 19, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 26, Asia
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — aged 36, Europe
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — aged 38, Europe
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — aged 40, Asia
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — aged 40, Asia
- 1215 Magna Carta — aged 49, Europe