Prussian Crusade 1217–1274

Belligerents: Holy Roman Empire, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Teutonic Order, Old Prussians, Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, Kingdom of Poland, Order of Dobrzyń, Yotvingians

Who lived through the Prussian Crusade

Well-known people alive during 1217–1274:

• Marco Polo (1254–1324) — Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
• Genghis Khan (1162–1227) — founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
• Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) — Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
• Rumi (1207–1273) — Iranian poet
• Fibonacci (1170–1240) — Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
• Saadi (1210–1292) — Persian poet
• Kublai Khan (1215–1294) — founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
• Osman I (1258–1326) — founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
• Albertus Magnus (1200–1280) — German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
• Louis IX of France (1214–1270) — King of France from 1226 to 1270 (1214–1270)
• Roger Bacon (1220–1292) — English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1195–1250) — King of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250)
• Nasreddin (1208–1284) — philosopher, Sufi and wise man from Turkey, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes
• Edward I of England (1239–1307) — King of England from 1272 to 1307
• Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) — Sufi scholar and Sunni philosopher (1165–1240)
• Boniface VIII (1235–1303) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
• 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)
• Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263) — political and military figure of Kievan Rus' (1246–1263)
• Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241) — Icelandic historian, poet and politician (AD 1179–1241)
• Batu Khan (1205–1255) — Khan of the Golden Horde
• Celestine V (1215–1296) — 13th‑century Italian hermit and founder of the Celestines, Catholic saint, first pope to resign
• Bonaventure (1221–1274) — Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, Catholic saint
• Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328) — Islamic scholar, jurist and philosopher (1263–1328)

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