Yuri II of Vladimir
1189 – 1238 · 49 years · Vladimir · Eastern Europe & Russia
Reign: 1212 – 1238 (Rus and Russia)
Son of Vsevolod the Big Nest and founder of Nizhny Novgorod (1221). During Batu's invasion he lost Vladimir and his family, and was killed at the Battle of the Sit River in March 1238.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Frederick II — "Wonder of the World", polyglot emperor who regained Jerusalem without a fight, 5 years younger
- Francis of Assisi — saint, founder of the Franciscans, 7 years older
- Philip II Augustus — king who took Normandy from the Plantagenets, 24 years older
- John Lackland — King of England who sealed Magna Carta, 23 years older
- Saint Louis (Louis IX) — crusader king canonised as a saint, 25 years younger
- Rudolf I — first Habsburg king, who won Austria for his house, 29 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Alexander Nevsky — Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince, 32 years younger
- Vsevolod the Big Nest — grand prince under whom Vladimir became the strongest power in Rus, 35 years older
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir — first Russian prince to receive a patent to rule from the Horde, 2 years younger
Middle East
- Rumi — Sufi poet, 18 years younger
- Richard the Lionheart — King of England, crusader, 32 years older
- Tamar of Georgia — Queen of Georgia, 23 years older
Africa
- Sundiata Keita — founder of the Mali Empire, 28 years younger
- Maimonides — philosopher, rabbi and physician, 51 years older
Asia
- Genghis Khan — founder of the Mongol Empire, 27 years older
- Kublai Khan — Great Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty, 26 years younger
- Minamoto no Yoritomo — first shogun of Japan, 42 years older
- Razia Sultana — Sultan of Delhi, 16 years younger
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 67 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — aged 3, Asia
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — aged 13, Europe
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — aged 15, Europe
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — aged 17, Asia
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — aged 17, Asia
- 1215 Magna Carta — aged 26, Europe
- 1223 Battle of the Kalka River — aged 34, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1237–1240 Mongol invasion of Rus' — aged 48, Eastern Europe & Russia