Saint Louis (Louis IX)
1214 – 1270 · 56 years · Paris · Europe
Reign: 1226 – 1270 (Franks and France)
He led the Seventh and Eighth Crusades, was captured in Egypt and died of disease before Tunis. Famed for his justice, he built the Sainte-Chapelle and was canonised in 1297.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Rudolf I — first Habsburg king, who won Austria for his house, 4 years younger
- Thomas Aquinas — theologian and philosopher, 11 years younger
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 20 years older
- Edward I Longshanks — conqueror of Wales, called the Hammer of the Scots, 25 years younger
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 32 years older
- Henry III — king under whom the English Parliament was born, 7 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Alexander Nevsky — Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince, 7 years younger
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 23 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 25 years older
Middle East
Africa
- Sundiata Keita — founder of the Mali Empire, 3 years younger
Asia
- Kublai Khan — Great Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty, 1 year younger
- Marco Polo — Venetian traveller, 40 years younger
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 52 years older
- Razia Sultana — Sultan of Delhi, 9 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1215 Magna Carta — aged 1, Europe
- 1223 Battle of the Kalka River — aged 9, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1237–1240 Mongol invasion of Rus' — aged 23, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1240 Batu Khan takes Kiev — aged 26, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1242 The Golden Horde is founded — aged 28, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1250 The moai of Easter Island — aged 36, Oceania
- c. 1251 The Tripitaka Koreana — aged 37, Asia
- 1257 Samalas eruption — aged 43, Asia
- 1258 Mongol sack of Baghdad — aged 44, Middle East