NSU 1200

Events

By place

Europe

* Spring – Boniface I, marquis of Montferrat, sends envoys to Venice, Genoa and other city-states to negotiate a contract for transport to the Levant. Meanwhile, Boniface and various nobles are mustering an expeditionary army (mainly forces from France and the Holy Roman Empire) at Paris. On February 23, Baldwin I, Latin Emperor, Baldwin IX, count of County of Flanders, Flanders and his brother Henry of Flanders take the cross at Bruges (modern Belgium), and agree to take part in the Fourth Crusade called by Pope Pope Innocent III, Innocent III (see 1199).
* May 22 – The Kings John, King of England, John (Lackland) and Philip II of France, Philip II (Augustus) sign a peace treaty at Saint-Pierre-d'Autils, Le Goulet, an island in the middle of the Seine, Seine River, near Vernon, Eure, Vernon in Duchy of Normandy, Normandy. The agreement recognizes John as overlord of most of the English owned lands in France, but John has to give Philip the lands of Norman Vexin and Évreux and a large sum of money (some 20,000 marks) – a "relief" payment for recognition of John's sovereignty of Duchy of Brittany, Brittany.
* August 25 – Eager to make peace with Aymer, Count of Angoulême, Aymer Taillefer, count of Angoulême, John marries 15-year-old Isabella of Angoulême at Bordeaux. In order to remarry, John needs to abandon his first wife, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, Isabella of Gloucester. John accomplishes this by arguing that he has failed to get the necessary Dispensation (Catholic canon law)#Papal dispensation, papal dispensation to marry Isabella of Gloucester.
* The rebel leader Ivanko (Bulgarian boyar), Ivanko of Bulgaria is captured and executed by the Byzantine general Alexios Palaiologos (despot), Alexios Palaiologos (son-in-law of Emperor Alexios III Angelos).

England

* November 22 – During a tour of the Midlands, John receives homage from William the Lion, king of Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland, at Lincoln, England, Lincoln. William is looking to move into the areas of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland, Westmoreland. John on the other hand ensures that these areas are controlled by English nobles he can trust.

Levant

* February 17 – Al-Adil I, Ayyubid ruler of Damascus, Jerusalem, and parts of the Upper Mesopotamia, Jazira takes control of Egypt in the Middle Ages, Egypt, and is recognized as sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty, Ayyubid Empire. During his reign, he promotes trade and good relations with the Crusader states, Crusader States. His son Al-Kamil becomes the effective ruler (viceroy) of Egypt.

Asia

* Genghis Khan, Temüjin (or Genghis Khan) manages to unite about half the feuding Mongol Empire, Mongol clans under his leadership. He delegates authority based on skill and loyalty, rather than tribal affiliation or family. The main rivals of the Khamag Mongol, Mongol confederation are the Naimans to the west, the Merkits to the north, the Tangut people, Tanguts to the south and the Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Jin Dynasty (or Great Jin) to the east.

By topic

Education

* The University of Paris receives its charter, from Philip II. He issues a diploma "for the security of the scholars of Paris", which affirms that students are subject only to ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

Births

* January 19 – Dōgen, Dōgen Zenji, founder of the Sōtō, Sōtō Zen school (d. 1253)
* January – Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland, Theobald le Botiller, Norman nobleman and knight (d. 1230)
* March 24 – John dal Bastone, Italian monk and preacher (d. 1290)
* September – Philip I, Count of Boulogne, Philip I, French prince and nobleman (House of Capet) (d. 1235)
* October 9 – Isabel Marshal, English countess and regent (d. 1240)
* October 22 – Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, Louis IV (the Saint), landgrave of Thuringia (d. 1227)
*''unknown dates''
* Alix, Duchess of Brittany, Alix (or Alis), Breton noblewoman (List of viscounts of Thouars, House of Thouars) (d. 1221)
* Ingerd Jakobsdatter, Danish noblewoman and landowner (d. 1258)
* Ulrich von Liechtenstein, German Minnesang, minnesinger and poet (d. 1275)
*''probable''
** Adam Marsh, English Franciscans, Franciscan scholar and theologian (d. 1259)
** Chen Rong (painter), Chen Rong (Ch'en Jung), Chinese painter and politician (d. 1266)
** Jutta of Kulmsee, German noblewoman, hermit and saint (d. 1260)
** Matthew Paris, English Benedictines, Benedictine monk and chronicler (d. 1259)
** Rolandino of Padua, Italian professor, jurist and writer (d. 1276)
** Rudolf von Ems, German nobleman, knight and poet (d. 1254)

Deaths

* January 13 – Otto I, Count of Burgundy, Otto I, German nobleman (Hohenstaufen, House of Hohenstaufen)
* January 14 – Odo of Novara, Italian priest and saint (b. 1105)
* January 20 – Odo of Canterbury, English abbot and theologian
* February 6
** Kajiwara Kagesue, Japanese nobleman (b. 1162)
** Kajiwara Kagetoki, Japanese samurai and spy
* April 8 – Adalbert III of Bohemia, Adalbert III (or Vojtěch), German archbishop (b. 1145)
* April 23 – Zhu Xi, Chinese historian and philosopher (b. 1130)
* May 25 – Nicholas I, Lord of Mecklenburg, Nicholas I, German nobleman (House of Mecklenburg)
* July 16 – Empress Li Fengniang, Li Fengniang (or Cixian), Chinese empress (b. 1144)
* July 26 – Raymond the Palmer, Raymond of Piacenza (the Palmer), Italian pilgrim
* September 19 – Alberic III of Dammartin, French nobleman
* September 17 – Emperor Guangzong of Song, Guang Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1147)
* September 24 – Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim, Heinrich Walpot, German Grand Master
* October 25 – Conrad of Wittelsbach, German archbishop
* November 16 – Hugh of Lincoln, Hugh of Avalon, French monk and bishop
* December 12 – Lochlann of Galloway, Scottish nobleman
* December 14 – Empress Han, Han (or Gongshu), Chinese empress (b. 1165)
* Adachi Morinaga, Japanese Buddhism in Japan, Buddhist warrior monk (b. 1135)
* Benedicta Ebbesdotter of Hvide, queen of Sweden (or 1199)
* Gilbert Horal, Spanish Grand Masters of the Knights Templar, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
* Inpumon'in no Tayū, Japanese noblewoman and poet (b. 1130)
* Joel ben Isaac ha-Levi, German rabbi and Tosafot, Tosafist (b. 1115)
* Liu Wansu, Chinese physician of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Jin Dynasty (b. 1110)
* Nicholas of Amiens, French theologian and writer (b. 1147)
* Nigel de Longchamps, English Satire, satirist (approximate date)
* Osbern of Gloucester, English lexicographical writer (b. 1123)
* William FitzRalph, English nobleman and knight (b. 1140)

References

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