Otto IV
c. 1175 – 1218 · 43 years · Brunswick · Europe
Reign: 1208 – 1215 (Holy Roman Empire & Austria)
Son of Henry the Lion, crowned emperor in 1209. He soon invaded Sicily and was excommunicated by Innocent III, and in 1214, with his English allies, was crushed by Philip II Augustus at Bouvines.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Philip II Augustus — king who took Normandy from the Plantagenets, 10 years older
- John Lackland — King of England who sealed Magna Carta, 9 years older
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 7 years younger
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 19 years younger
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) — philosopher, commentator on Aristotle, 49 years older
- Henry II — first Plantagenet, builder of the Angevin Empire and of common law, 42 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 21 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 14 years younger
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 16 years younger
Middle East
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 18 years older
- Rumi — Sufi poet, 32 years younger
- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, 9 years older
Africa
- Saladin — Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 38 years older
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 37 years older
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 13 years older
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 28 years older
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 53 years older
- Razia Sultana — Sultan of Delhi, 30 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — aged 10, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 17, Asia
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — aged 27, Europe
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — aged 29, Europe
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — aged 31, Asia
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — aged 31, Asia
- 1215 Magna Carta — aged 40, Europe