Life In Good Measure

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Data for the 1200s

Coat of Arms of the University of Paris

After touring an army through Aquitaine in the Kingdom of France, to assert his right to it, King John of England marries 12-year-old Isabella of Angoulême at Bordeaux, probably in order to strengthen his hold of that part of France (Aug 24), the Iroquois tribe invade modern-day Ohio from the north, the University of Paris receives its charter, the Mongols defeat Northern China - and all these fine people were born (adding a few as we go along):

1200-xxxx Ingerd Jakobsdatter* countess/established the Franciscan and Dominican order in Denmark - Denmark (1258/58)

1201-1009 Robert de Sorbon* theologian/founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris - Sorbon, France (1274/72)

1202-0602 Margaret II* Countess of Flanders - Netherlands (1280/77)

1203-xxxx Ibn Abi Usaibia* physician/medical historian - Damascus, Syria (1270/ca67)

1204-0xxx Haakon IV of Norway* King of Norway (1217 to 1263) - Folkenborg, Norway (1263/59)

1205-0710 Hojo Masamura* 北条 政村 the seventh Shikken (1264–1268) of the Kamakura Bakufu - Japan (1273/67)

1206-xxx Béla IV of Hungary* King of Hungary and Croatia (1235-1270) - Hungary (1270/ca63)

1207-1001 Henry III* King of England - Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England (1272/65)

1208-0202 James I of Aragon* King of Aragon/Count of Barcelona/Lord of Montpellier - Montpellier, France (1276/68)

1209-0105 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall* King of Germany - Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England (1272/63)

Updated 13.6.2019

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