Philip of Swabia
1177 – 1208 · 31 years · Bamberg · Europe
Reign: 1198 – 1208 (Holy Roman Empire & Austria)
Barbarossa's youngest son, elected king in 1198 at the same time as the Welf Otto IV, which set off a decade of civil war. Just as he was winning, he was murdered in Bamberg in 1208 by the count palatine Otto of Wittelsbach.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Philip II Augustus — king who took Normandy from the Plantagenets, 12 years older
- John Lackland — King of England who sealed Magna Carta, 11 years older
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 5 years younger
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) — philosopher, commentator on Aristotle, 51 years older
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 17 years younger
- Henry II — first Plantagenet, builder of the Angevin Empire and of common law, 44 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 23 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 12 years younger
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 14 years younger
Middle East
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 20 years older
- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, 11 years older
Africa
- Saladin — Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 40 years older
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 39 years older
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 15 years older
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 30 years older
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 55 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — aged 8, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 15, Asia
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — aged 25, Europe
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — aged 27, Europe
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — aged 29, Asia
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — aged 29, Asia