Category: 13th Century

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The thirteenth century CE, i.e. 1201 to 1300

In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages, and after its conquests in Asia the Mongol Empire stretched from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe. (1)

Significant people

Albertus Magnus, German philosopher and theologian
Alexander of Hales, Franciscan friar and theologian
Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
Alexios III Angelos, Byzantine Emperor
Andrea of Grosseto, Italian writer
Anthony of Padua, Portuguese Franciscan friar, bishop
Baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt
Batu Khan, Mongol ruler and the founder of the Golden Horde
Béla IV of Hungary rebuilder of Hungary
Birger Jarl, Swedish statesman, earl, and founder of Stockholm
Bonaventure, Franciscan theologian, bishop, and cardinal
Cimabue, Florentine painter
Dante Alighieri, Florentine writer and poet
Dominic Guzman, Spanish Catholic friar and founder of the Order of Preachers
Edward I of England, English King
Elisabeth of Hungary, Hungarian princess of the Kingdom of Hungary
Enrico Dandolo, Doge of the Republic of Venice
Francis of Assisi, Umbrian founder of the Franciscan order
Frederick II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Genghis Khan, founder of Mongol Empire
Gertrude the Great, German Catholic nun and spiritual writer
Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter
Gregory X, Pope
Haakon Haakonsson, king of Norway from 1217 to 1263.
Ibn Taymiyyah, famous Hanbali, Salafi Scholar of Islam
Innocent III, Pope
Ivan Asen II, Emperor of Bulgaria
Kaloyan, Emperor of Bulgaria
Lasha Giorgi, King Giorgi IV of Georgia
Louis IX of France, St. Louis, French king and crusader
Marco Polo, Venetian trader and explorer
Mevlana, philosopher and poet
Petrus Peregrinus, scientist
Ottokar II of Bohemia, King of Bohemia
Ramon Llull, Majorcan philosopher
Robert Grosseteste, English statesman, theologian, and scientist
Roger Bacon, Franciscan friar, philosopher, and scientist
Rusudan, Queen Regnant of Georgia
Sundiata Keita semi-historical founder of the Mali Empire
Saadi Persian poet
Snorri Sturluson, historian and saga-writer
Tamara, ruler of Georgia
Thomas Aquinas, Neapolitan Catholic friar and theologian
William Marshal, knight and statesman.
William Wallace, Scottish national leader
Yunus Emre, Turkish poet and sufi mystic

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Person Profiles (30)

A

abt 1282 Beyssac, Kingdom of France - 12 Sep 1362 photo

B

abt 1240 Treviso, Republic of Venice - 07 Jul 1304 photo
1264 Braunston, Northamptonshire, England - 1314
abt 27 Mar 1210 Touraine, Kingdom of France - 29 Mar 1285 photo

C

bef 1230 Anagni, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire - 11 Oct 1303 photo
abt 1292 Paris, France - 22 Aug 1358 photo
Milan, Papal States - 10 Nov 1241 photo

D

1264 Villandraut, Gascony, Kingdom of France - 20 Apr 1314 photo
abt 1225 - 22 Jun 1276 photo
abt 1244 Cahors, Kingdom of France - 04 Dec 1334 photo

E

abt 1274 Bologna, Italy - 1326 photo

E cont.

14 Jul 1294 Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 20 Mar 1352 photo

F

abt 1215 Genoa - 18 Aug 1276 photo
Lavagna, Republic of Genova - 07 Dec 1254 photo
23 Nov 1190 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, Languedoc, France - 29 Nov 1268 photo
abt 1285 Saverdun, Kingdom of France - 25 Apr 1342 photo

J

bef 1199 Jenne (Rome) - 25 May 1261 photo
abt 1157 Spain - 07 Apr 1234
abt 1215 Lisbon, Portugal - 20 May 1277 photo

M

30 Sep 1227 Lisciano, Ascoli Piceno, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire - 04 Apr 1292 photo
abt 1215 Isernia, Kingdom of Sicily - 19 May 1296 photo

O

aft 1210 Rome, Italy - 22 Aug 1280 photo

P

Troyes, France - 02 Oct 1264 photo
25 Apr 1284 Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales - 21 Sep 1327 photo

R

abt 1270 Reggio, Italia - 1325 photo
abt 1291 Rosiers-d'Égletons, Limousin, Kingdom of France - 06 Dec 1352 photo

S

abt 1150 Rome, Papal States - 18 Mar 1227 photo
1210 Rome, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire - 03 Apr 1287 photo
abt 1170 - 22 Aug 1241 photo

V

abt 1210 Piacenza, Holy Roman Empire - 10 Jan 1276 photo




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