Yaroslav II of Vladimir
1191 – 1246 · 55 years · Vladimir · Eastern Europe & Russia
Reign: 1238 – 1246 (Rus and Russia)
Father of Alexander Nevsky. After his brother Yuri's death he rebuilt the land ravaged by the Mongols and in 1243 became the first to receive a patent of rule from Batu; he died returning from Karakorum.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 3 years younger
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 9 years older
- Philip II Augustus — king who took Normandy from the Plantagenets, 26 years older
- Saint Louis (Louis IX) — crusader king canonised as a saint, 23 years younger
- Rudolf I — first Habsburg king, who won Austria for his house, 27 years younger
- John Lackland — King of England who sealed Magna Carta, 25 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Alexander Nevsky — Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince, 30 years younger
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 37 years older
- Yuri II of Vladimir — grand prince of Vladimir killed fighting the Mongols on the Sit, 2 years older
Middle East
- Rumi — Sufi poet, 16 years younger
- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, 25 years older
Africa
- Sundiata Keita — founder of the Mali Empire, 26 years younger
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 53 years older
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 29 years older
- Kublai Khan — Great Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty, 24 years younger
- Razia Sultana — Sultan of Delhi, 14 years younger
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 69 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 1, Asia
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — aged 11, Europe
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — aged 13, Europe
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — aged 15, Asia
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — aged 15, Asia
- 1215 Magna Carta — aged 24, Europe
- 1223 Battle of the Kalka River — aged 32, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1237–1240 Mongol invasion of Rus' — aged 46, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1240 Batu Khan takes Kiev — aged 49, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1242 The Golden Horde is founded — aged 51, Eastern Europe & Russia