Tamar of Georgia
c. 1166 – 1213 · 47 years · Tbilisi · Middle East
The first woman to rule Georgia in her own right; her reign was Georgia's golden age, celebrated by Shota Rustaveli.
Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 12th century
Portrait: 13th century painter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Philip II Augustus — king who took Normandy from the Plantagenets, 1 year older
- John Lackland — King of England who sealed Magna Carta, born the same year
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) — philosopher, commentator on Aristotle, 40 years older
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 16 years younger
- Henry II — first Plantagenet, builder of the Angevin Empire and of common law, 33 years older
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 28 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 12 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 23 years younger
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 25 years younger
Middle East
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 9 years older
Africa
- Saladin — Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 29 years older
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 28 years older
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 4 years older
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 19 years older
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 44 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — aged 19, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 26, Asia
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — aged 36, Europe
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — aged 38, Europe
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — aged 40, Asia
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — aged 40, Asia