Philip II Augustus
1165 – 1223 · 58 years · Paris · Europe
Reign: 1180 – 1223 (Franks and France)
He seized Normandy, Anjou and Maine from King John and in 1214 defeated the coalition of Emperor Otto IV at Bouvines. He joined the Third Crusade; under him Paris was walled and the Louvre begun.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- John Lackland — King of England who sealed Magna Carta, 1 year younger
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 17 years younger
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) — philosopher, commentator on Aristotle, 39 years older
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 29 years younger
- Henry II — first Plantagenet, builder of the Angevin Empire and of common law, 32 years older
- Hildegard of Bingen — abbess, mystic and composer, 67 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 11 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 24 years younger
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 26 years younger
Middle East
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 8 years older
- Rumi — Sufi poet, 42 years younger
- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, 1 year younger
Africa
- Saladin — Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 28 years older
- 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
- Razia Sultana — Sultan of Delhi, 40 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — aged 20, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 27, Asia
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — aged 37, Europe
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — aged 39, Europe
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — aged 41, Asia
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — aged 41, Asia
- 1215 Magna Carta — aged 50, Europe
- 1223 Battle of the Kalka River — aged 58, Eastern Europe & Russia