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Nur al-Din Zengi

1118 – 1174

Military leader, Politician, King, Master builder

Al-Malik al-Adil Abu al-Qasim Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd bin Imad al-Dīn Zengī (Arabic: الملكُ العادلُ أبو القاسمِ نور الدين محمود بن عمادِ الدِّين زَنْكِي; February 11…

Vladislaus II, Duke and King of Bohemia

1110 – 1174

King

Vladislaus II or Vladislav II (c. 1110 – 18 January 1174) was the Duke of Bohemia from 1140 and then King of Bohemia (as Vladislaus I) from 1158 until his abdic…

Benjamin of Tudela

1130 – 1174

Explorer, Traveler, Merchant, Writer

Benjamin of Tudela (1130 – 1175), also known as Benjamin ben Jonah, was a medieval Tudelano Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the twelfth…

Wace

1100 – 1174

Poet, Writer, Historian

Wace (c. 1110 – after 1174), sometimes referred to as Robert Wace, was a Medieval Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy (he te…

Petronilla of Aragon

1136 – 1173

Ruler

Petronilla (29 June/11 August 1136 – 15 October 1173), whose name is also spelled Petronila or Petronella (Aragonese: Peyronela or Payronella, and Catalan: Pero…

Bolesław IV the Curly

1120 – 1173

Politician

Bolesław IV the Curly (Polish: Bolesław Kędzierzawy; c. 1122 – 5 January 1173), a member of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Masovia from 1138 and High Duke of Po…

Stephen III of Hungary

1147 – 1172

Politician, Monarch

Stephen III (Hungarian: III. István, Croatian: Stjepan III.; Slovak: Štefan III.; summer of 1147 – 4 March 1172) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1162 an…

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Al-Adid

1151 – 1171

Caliph, Governor, King

Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ (Arabic: أبو محمد عبد الله بن يوسف بن الحافظ‎; 1151–1171), better known by his regnal name al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh…

Yesugei

1134 – 1171

Warrior

Yesugei or Yesükhei Baghatur (c. 1134–1171) was a major chief of the Khamag Mongol confederation and the father of Temüjin, who later became known as Genghis Kh…

Thomas Becket

1119 – 1170

Theologian, Judge, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, Archbishop, Politician

Thomas Becket ( ), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an En…

Albert the Bear

1100 – 1170

Politician

Albert the Bear (German: Albrecht der Bär; c. 1100 – 18 November 1170) was the first margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly duke of Saxo…

Saint Rosalia

1130 – 1170

Hermit

Rosalia (Italian: [rozaˈliːa]; Sicilian: Rusulìa; 1130–1166), nicknamed la Santuzza ("the Little Saint") was a virgin and hermit on Monte Pellegrino. She is ven…

Antipope Paschal III

1110 – 1168

Diplomat, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Antipope Paschal III (Latin: Paschalis III; c. 1110 – 20 September 1168) was a 12th-century clergyman who, from 1164 to 1168, was the second antipope to challen…

Empress Matilda

1102 – 1167

Regent

Empress Matilda (c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud or Athelicia, was Holy Roman Empress as the consort of Emperor Henry V from…

Karl Sverkersson

1130 – 1167

Politician

Karl Sverkersson or Charles VII (c. 1130 – 12 April 1167) was the ruler of Götaland, and then King of Sweden from c. 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated in a…

William I of Sicily

1126 – 1166

Sovereign

William I (1120 or 1121 – 7 May 1166), called the Bad or the Wicked (Sicilian: Gugghiermu lu Malu), was the second king of Sicily, ruling from his father's dea…

Abdul Qadir Gilani

1078 – 1166

Poet, Islamic jurist, Sufi, Theologian, Legal scholar

Abdul Qadir Gilani (c. 1077 or 1078 – c. 1166) was a Hanbali scholar, preacher, and Sufi mystic leader who was the eponym of the Qadiriyya, one of the oldest Su…

Ahmad Yasawi

1103 – 1166

Poet, Sufi

Ahmad Yasawi (Kazakh: Қожа Ахмет Ясауи, romanized: Qoja Ahmet Iasaui, قوجا احمەت ياساۋى; Persian: خواجه احمد یسوی, romanized: Khwāje Ahmad-e Yasavī; 1093–1166)…

Muhammad al-Idrisi

1110 – 1166

Cartographer, Geographer, Egyptologist, Historian, Botanist, Writer

Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي; Latin: Dreses; 11…

Malcolm IV of Scotland

1141 – 1165

Politician

Malcolm IV (Medieval Gaelic: Máel Coluim mac Eanric; Scottish Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Eanraig), nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" (between 23 April and 24 May 1141…