Chronology of Notable Deaths

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1201

March 31
  • Absalon Asserssön Danish archbishop of Lund/statesman, dies. [1]

1202

March 13
  • Mieszko III the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies. [1]
March 30
  • Joachim Van Fiore Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies. [1]

1204

February 1
  • Alexius IV Angelus regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered. [1]
April 1
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine wife of Louis VII and Henry II, dies at age 81. [1]
December 12
  • Maimonides [Moses Ben Maimon] Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at age 69. [1]

1205

April 1
  • Amalrik II King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies. [1]
May 7
  • Ladislaus III Arpad King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at age 5 or 6. [1]

1208

January 15
  • Death of Pierre de Castelnau, a Papal Legate to the Languedoc. Blamed by Pope Innocent III on the Cathars, this leads to a 40-year crusade. [1] [1197.27]

1209

March 12
  • Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami Persian poet, dies. [1]

1211

March 27
  • Sancho I King of Portugal (1185-1211), dies at age 56. [1]

1212

June 25
  • Simon de Montfort a leader of the crusades, dies at age 67. [1]
December 5
  • Derek II of Are Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies. [1]

1213

February 22
  • Wibert of Gembloers benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies. [1]
December 17
  • Jean de Matha French saint, dies at age 53. [1]

1214

April 30
  • Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa Italian bishop, dies. [1]

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1216

June 16
  • Innocent III pope, dies at age 54. [1]
October 18
  • King John of England dies of dysentery. [1392.17]

1217

February 18
  • Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano English encyclopedist, dies at age 59. [1]

1220

April 15
  • Adolf I archbishop of Cologne, dies. [1]

1222

February 4
  • Willem I earl of Holland (1203-22), dies. [1]

1223

March 25
  • Afonso II third King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at age 36. [1]

1227

March 18
  • Honorius III [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies. [1]
August 18
  • Genghis Khan Mongol conqueror, died. [1]
September 11
  • Death of St. Ludwig IV von Thüringen, during the Crusades. [37]

1229

January 17
  • Albert bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about age 68. [1]
April 4
  • Hugo van Pierrepont bishop of Liege, dies. [1]

1230

December 15
  • Ottokar I king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies. [1]

1231

November 17
  • Death of St. Elisabeth von Thüringen (born 1207 in Hungary); devoted to caring for the sick, most notably lepers. [37]

1236

January 14
  • Sava [Rastko] son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at age 64. [1]
December 23
  • Philippus Cancellarius French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies. [1]

1237

January 14
  • Saint Sava son of Serbia's king, dies. [1]
February 13
  • Jordanus of Saxon second general of Dominicans, drowns. [1]
March 23
  • Jan of Brienne King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies. [1]

1239

March 20
  • Death of Hermann von Salza in Salerno, Italy (born in Thüringen, Germany, about 1170); Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. [37]

1240

April 11
  • Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies. [1]
April 14
  • Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Prince of Wales, dies. [1]

1242

February 12
  • Hendrik VII Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide. [1]

1243

October 15
  • Death of St. Hedwig von Schliesen (born 1174 in Bavaria); she dedicated herself to the spread of Christianity, care for the poor and sick and the founding of womens' monasteries. [37]

1244

December 5
  • Johanna of Constantinople countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies. [1]

1245

February 8
  • Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle French theologist, dies. [1]

1247

February 16
  • Hendrik Raspe [Papenking], count of Thüringen, dies. [1]
February 25
  • Hendrik IV duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies. [1]

1248

February 1
  • Hendrik II duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies. [1]

1249

December 25
  • Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/Saint, dies. [1]

1250

April 7
  • Death of St. Hermann Joseph von Steinfeld (born about 1150 in Cologne). [37]
May 2
  • Toeransa sultan of Egypt, murdered. [1]
December 13
  • Frederick II German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at age 55. [1]

1252

April 6
  • Peter of Verona [Peter Martyr] Italian inquisitor/st, dies at age 45. [1]
May 30
  • Ferdinand III the holy King of Castilië/León, dies. [1]

1253

April 22
  • Elias van Cortona Italian General (1232-39), dies at about age 53. [1]
October 9
  • Grosseteste an English scholar, dies at age 78. [1]

1254

May 21
  • Koenraad IV Roman Catholic-German king (1237-54), dies at age 26. [1]
December 7
  • Innocent IV [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi] Pope (1243-54), dies. [1]

1256

January 28
  • Willem II Earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at age 22. [1]

1258

March 26
  • Floris the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies. [1]
April 5
  • Julian of Cornillon/Liege Flemish visionary/saint, dies. [1]

1259

May 28
  • Christoffel I King of Denmark, dies. [1]

1260

February 19
  • Boniface of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies. [1]

1261

February 28
  • Hendrik duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies. [1]
May 25
  • Alexander IV [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni] Pope (1254-61), dies. [1]

1262

November 28
  • Shinran founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies. [1]

1263

March 19
  • Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro French cardinal, dies. [1]
December 12
  • Hakon IV Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies. [1]

1264

October 2
  • Pope Urban IV (1261-64), dies (birth date unknown). [1]

1265

August 4
  • Simon de Montfort English baron, dies in battle. [1]

1266

February 26
  • Manfred bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies. [1]

1268

October 29
  • Death of Konradin (Konrad der jüngere), beheaded in the marketplace in Naples, Italy (born in Wolfstein, Germany). [37]

1270

April 5
  • Ramban Nachmanides Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies. [1]
August 25
  • Louis IX of France dies while on his second crusade. [117.10]

1271

January 10
  • Otto II the Lame, Earl of Gelre, dies. [1]

1272

March 14
  • Re Enzo Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies. [1]
April 17
  • Zita/Cita Italian maid/saint, dies at about age 59. [1]
November 16
  • Death of King Henry III of England after 56 years reign. [1427.10]

1274

March 7
  • Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian, religious writer, influenced official policy of Catholic Church, dies at age 48. [1] [117.9]

1275

January 6
  • Raymundus of Peñafort Spanish church law scholar, dies. [1]

1276

January 10
  • Gregorius X [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies. [1]

1277

May 1
  • Stefanus IV Uros I de Great King of Serbia (1243-76), dies. [1]
May 20
  • John XXI [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus] Port Pope (1276-77), dies. [1]

1279

February 16
  • Afonso III King of Portugal (1248-79), dies. [1]

1280

May 9
  • Magnus VI Lagaboeter King of Norway (1263-80), dies at age 42. [1]
November 15
  • Death of Albertus Magnus (Albert von Bollstädt) in Cologne (born about 1200); German scholar. [1] [37]

1282

December 11
  • Llywelyn ab Gruffydd monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies. [1]
  • Michael VIII Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1259-82), dies. [1]

1284

April 4
  • Alfonso X "El Sabio" King of Castilië/León (1252-84), dies at age 62. [1]

1285

January 7
  • Charles I of Anjou king of Naples/brother of King Louis IX, dies at age 58. [1]
March 28
  • Martinus IV [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies. [1]

1286

March 19
  • Death of King Alexander III of Scotland in a riding accident at Kinghorn Ness. [859.53]

1287

April 3
  • Honorius IV [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies. [1]

1290

December 18
  • Magnus I Ladulås [Barn Bolt] king of Sweden (1277-90), dies. [1]

1291

March 5
  • Sa'ad al'Da'ulah Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated. [1]
July 15
  • Death of Rudolf I in Limburg-im-Breisgau, Germany; first King of the Germans from the Habsburg dynasty. [37]

1292

April 4
  • Nicholas IV [Girolamo Masci] Pope (1288-92), dies. [1]
December 8
  • John Peckham English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at age 62. [1]
December 9
  • Sa'di great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies. [1]

1294

February 1
  • Louis II the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies. [1]
May 3
  • Jan I duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies. [1]

1295

April 25
  • Sancho IV the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/León, dies. [1]

1296

May 19
  • Celestine V [Pietro del Murrone] Pope (1294), dies. [1]

1297

April 17
  • Willem van Afflighem Flemish poet/abbot Saint Truiden, dies at about age 86. [1]

1298

March 14
  • Petrus Johannis Olivi South France theologist, dies. [1]
July 2
  • Death of Graf Adolf von Nassau near Worms, Germany; King of the Germans until deposed by the Habsburg, Albert I. [37]
October 19
  • Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered. [1]

1299

November 19
  • Death of St. Mechtilde von Hackeborn (born about 1241 near Halle (Germany)). [37]

1301

January 14
  • Andreas III Arpad king of Hungary (1290-1301), dies at age 50. [1]

1303

February 8
  • Nanshu Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies. [1]

1305

March 7
  • Gwijde van Dampierre count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at age 78. [1]
August 23
  • William Wallace is killed in Scotland. [760.38]

1306

February 10
  • Robert Bruce murders rival John Comyn in Greyfriars Kirk, in Dumfries, Scotland. [1395.9]

1307

January 13
  • Arnoud van Foreest Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies. [1]

1308

May 1
  • Albrecht I van Habsburg German King (1298-1308), murdered. [1]
November 8
  • Death of Duns Scotus (original name: Johannes) in Cologne [Germany] (born in Scotland); Franciscan, controversial scholar, concluded that Mary had been born without sin. [1] [37]
December 21
  • Henry I the Child, first landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies. [1]

1309

May 5
  • Charles II the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies. [1]

1314

March 18
  • Jacques De Molay the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies. [1]
April 20
  • Clement V [Bertrand Got] pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies. [1]

1315

February 13
  • Jean I of Chalon-Arlay mayor of Neuchâtel, dies. [1]

1317

April 20
  • Agnes van Montepulciano Italian mystic/saint, dies. [1]
May 28
  • Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen bishop of Utrecht, dies at about age 63. [1]

1319

May 8
  • Haakon V King of Norway (1299-1319), dies. [1]

1321

September 13
  • Dante Alighieri author of the Divine Comedy, dies. [1]

1322

January 3
  • Philip V the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies. [1]

1324

January 8
  • Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/Governor of Nanking, dies. [1] [5]
February 26
  • Dino Compagni Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies. [1]

1325

January 7
  • Dionysius the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies. [1]

1327

September 21
  • Edward II, former king of England (1307-1327), is murdered at age 43. [1] [651.56]

1328

February 1
  • Charles IV the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies. [1]
April 30
  • Meister Johann Eckhard German theologist/mystic, dies. [1]

1329

June 7
  • Robert Bruce leader of the Scots, dies at age 53. [1]

1330

January 13
  • Frederick (III) the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies. [1]

1332

February 13
  • Andronicus II Paleologus Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies. [1]

1333

March 2
  • Wladyslaw IV the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies. [1]

1334

December 4
  • John XXII [Jacques Duèze] Pope (316-34), dies. [1]

1336

January 8
  • Giotto di Bondone Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about age 71. [1]
January 22
  • Louis III last Earl of Loon, dies. [1]
January 24
  • Alfonso IV the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at age 36. [1]

1337

December 22
  • Daito Kokushi leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at age 54. [1]

1340

March 31
  • Ivan I Kalita grand-duke of Vladimir, dies. [1]

1342

April 25
  • Benedict XII [Jacques Fournier] Pope (1334-42), dies. [1]

1343

January 16
  • Robert of Anjou king (Naples), dies. [1]

1348

April 6
  • Petrarch's Laura dies of plague. [1]

1349

March 21
  • 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany. [1]
May 28
  • 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia. [1]

1350

March 26
  • Alfonso XI King of Castile and León, dies. [1]

1351

March 20
  • Mohammed ibn-Tughluq sultan of Delhi India, dies. [1]

1352

December 6
  • Clement VI [Pierre Roger] Pope (1342-52), dies. [1]

1355

April 22
  • Eleonora Plantagenet daughter of King Edward II, dies at age 36. [1]
December 5
  • Jan III duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies. [1]
December 20
  • Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies. [1]

1356

January 23
  • Margaretha of Bavaria Empress of Germany, dies. [1]

1357

May 28
  • Afonso IV King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at age 66. [1]

1362

April 6
  • Jacques de Bourbon count of Marche, killed in battle. [1]
April 10
  • Machteld countess of Holland, dies. [1]

1364

April 8
  • King Jean II the Good of France dies in prison in England at age 44. [1] [568.208]

1367

January 18
  • Pedro I king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at age 46. [1]

1369

March 23
  • Pedro the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered. [1]

1370

December 19
  • Urban V [Guillaume de Grimoard] first Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies. [1]

1371

February 22
  • David II Bruce king of Scotland (1331-71), dies at age 46. [1]
December 4
  • Reinald III the Fat Duke, Duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at age 38. [1]
  • Stefanus X Uros V King of Serbia (1355-71), dies. [1]

1374

January 6
  • Andreas Corsini Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies. [1]
July 18
  • Francesco Petrarch Italian poet, dies at age 69. [1]
December 1
  • Magnus Eriksson king of Norway/Sweden, dies. [1]

1375

December 21
  • Giovanni Boccaccio Italian poet (Vita di Dante, Decameron), dies. [1]

1378

March 27
  • Gregory XI [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies. [1]

1380

December 24
  • John von Neumarkt German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies. [1]

1381

May 13
  • John of Chatillon Governor/Viceroy of Holland, dies. [1]
June 15
  • Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London. [1]

1382

May 12
  • Johanna I Queen of Naples/Provence, dies. [1]
November 27
  • French army under Olivier de Clisson defeats rebellious citizens of Ghent at the battle of Roosebeke. The French commander Philip von Arteveldt is killed in the battle. [1427.10]
December 31
  • Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura, Japan. [1]

1383

March 1
  • Amadeus VI (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at age 49. [1]
December 7
  • Wenceslaus duke of Brabant, dies. [1]

1384

January 30
  • Louis van Male count of Flanders/Nevers/Réthel, dies. [1]
December 31
  • John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies. [1]

1387

January 1
  • Karel de Boze king of Navarra (1349-87), dies. [1]
January 5
  • Pedro IV king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at age 67. [1]

1389

March 31
  • Everhard Tserclaes sheriff of Brussels, murdered. [1]

1390

January 12
  • Peter van Herenthals Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at age 67. [1]
April 19
  • Robert II King of Scotland, dies. [1]
May 13
  • Robert II the Steward King of Scotland (1371-90), dies. [1]

1391

February 16
  • Johannes V Palaeologus Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies. [1]

1393

January 28
  • Earl of Joigny burned at royal ball. [1]
January 30
  • Aimery Poitiers French nobleman, burned at royal ball. [1]
  • Yvain son of Earl of Foix, burned at royal ball. [1]
March 20
  • Johannes Nepomucenus [Jan Nepomucky], Czechoslovakian saint, killed. [1]
April 4
  • Floris van Wevelinkhoven bishop of Utrecht, dies. [1]

1397

February 18
  • Enguerrand VII French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at age 56. [1]

1399

February 3
  • John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and León, dies at age 58. [1]

End of 1201-1399. Next: 1400.

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