Louis VIII the Lion
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1187 – 1226 · 39 years · Paris · Europe
Reign: 1223 – 1226 (Franks and France)
In 1216, invited by rebel English barons, he landed in England and took London, but withdrew after King John died. As king he led the Albigensian Crusade and died on the way home.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 5 years older
- Philip II Augustus — king who took Normandy from the Plantagenets, 22 years older
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 7 years younger
- John Lackland — King of England who sealed Magna Carta, 21 years older
- Saint Louis (Louis IX) — crusader king canonised as a saint, 27 years younger
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) — philosopher, commentator on Aristotle, 61 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 33 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 2 years younger
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 4 years younger
Middle East
- Rumi — Sufi poet, 20 years younger
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 30 years older
- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, 21 years older
Africa
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 49 years older
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 25 years older
- Kublai Khan — Great Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty, 28 years younger
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 40 years older
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 65 years older
- Razia Sultana — Sultan of Delhi, 18 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 5, Asia
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — aged 15, Europe
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — aged 17, Europe
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — aged 19, Asia
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — aged 19, Asia
- 1215 Magna Carta — aged 28, Europe
- 1223 Battle of the Kalka River — aged 36, Eastern Europe & Russia