Crusade of 1197 1197–1198

Who lived through the Crusade of 1197

Well-known people alive during 1197–1198:

• Genghis Khan (1162–1227) — founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
• Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) — Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
• Averroes (1126–1198) — Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
• Zhu Xi (1130–1200) — Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)
• Fibonacci (1170–1240) — Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
• Richard I of England (1157–1199) — King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
• Moshe ben Maimon (1138–1204) — Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
• Shota Rustaveli (1172–1216) — Georgian poet
• Innocent III (1160–1216) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
• John, King of England (1166–1216) — King of England from 1199 to 1216
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1195–1250) — King of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250)
• Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1202) — Persian poet
• Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) — Sufi scholar and Sunni philosopher (1165–1240)
• Gregory IX (1170–1241) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241
• Anthony of Padua (1195–1231) — Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195–1231)
• Ögedei Khan (1186–1241) — Khan of the Mongol Empire (c.1186-1241) (r. 1229-1241)
• Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241) — Icelandic historian, poet and politician (AD 1179–1241)
• Philip II of France (1165–1223) — King of France, and the first to be called by that title (1165–1223)
• Urban III (1187–1200) — pope (1185–1187)
• Honorius III (1148–1227) — head of the Catholic Church from 1216 to 1227
• Saint Dominic (1170–1221) — founder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)
• Celestine III (1106–1198) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1191 to 1198
• Eugene III (1153–1200) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1145 to 1153
• Urban IV (1185–1264) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1261 to 1264 (1185–1264)
• Clement IV (1190–1268) — Pope (1265-1268)

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