12th Century - Significant People

Significant People

• Adrian IV, pope
• Aelred, Saint, English monk and spiritual writer
• Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal
• Alan IV, Duke of Brittany
• Albert of Jerusalem, Saint, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Albert of Louvain, Saint, Bishop of Liège
• Allama Prabhu, Indian Mystic and an important Vachana Poet.
• Alexander I of Scotland, king
• Alexius I Comnenus, emperor
• Alexius II Comnenus, emperor
• Alexius III Angelus, emperor
• Alfonso II of Aragon, king
• Alfonso VI of Castile, king
• Alfonso VII of Castile, king
• Alfonso VIII of Castile, king
• Amadeus of Lausanne, Blessed, Bishop of Lausanne
• Andrei I Bogolyubsky, Prince of Suzdal
• Andronicus I Comnenus, emperor
• Anselm, Saint, Abbot of Bec and Archbishop of Canterbury
• Anthelm, Saint, Abbot of the Grand Chartreuse
• Artemis Felicaan, mysticist and mathematician found guilty of treason during Christian Prosecution in Constantinople.
• Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
• Averroes Ibn Rushd, Spanish Islamic polymath
• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, king
• Béla II of Hungary
• Béla III of Hungary
• Bernard, Saint, Abbot of Clairvaux, preacher and reformer
• Bertha, Duchess of Brittany
• Berthold, Saint, found of the Carmelite Order
• Bhaskara II, Indian mathematician and astronomer
• Bohemund I of Antioch, prince
• Boleslaus III Wrymouth, king of Poland
• Boleslav IV the Curly, high duke of Poland
• Bruno of Segni, Saint, bishop
• Calixtus II, pope
• Canute V of Denmark, king
• Canute VI of Denmark, king
• Chakhrukhadze, Georgian poet
• Christina of Markyate, Prioress of St. Albans Abbey
• Coloman I, King of Hungary
• Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, the Younger
• Conrad I of Montferrat, King elect of Jerusalem
• Constance, Duchess of Brittany
• David I of Scotland, king
• David the Builder, King of Georgia
• David V of Georgia
• David Soslani, husband of Queen Tamar
• Demetre I, king of Georgia
• Dominic de Guzmán, Saint, founder of the Order of Preachers
• Edgar of Scotland, king
• Edmund of Abingdon, Saint, theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen consort of France and later of the Kingdom of England
• Emeric I of Hungary, king
• Engelbert II of Berg, Saint, Archbishop of Cologne
• Eric I of Denmark, king
• Eric II of Denmark, king
• Eric III of Denmark, king
• Eric IX of Sweden, Saint, king
• Erik Gnupsson, Bishop of Greenland
• Eugene III, Blessed, pope
• Eustathios of Thessalonike, Saint, archbishop of Thessaloniki and writer
• Eystein I of Norway, king
• Eystein II of Norway, king
• Eysteinn Erlendsson, Saint, Bishop of Nidaros
• Felix of Valois, Saint, co-founder of the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives
• Francis of Assisi, Saint, founder of the Order of Friars Minor
• Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
• Galdino della Sala, Saint, Archbishop of Milan
• Gelasius II, pope
• Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
• Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
• Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy
• George III, king of Georgia
• Geza II, king of Hungary
• Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint, founder of the Gilbertines.
• Haakon II of Norway the Broad-shouldered, king
• Harald IV of Norway, king
• Henry (Bishop of Uppsala), Saint
• Henry, Count of Portugal
• Henry I of England, king and Duke of Normandy
• Henry II of England, king and Duke of Normandy
• Henry IV of Germany, king and emperor
• Henry V of Germany, king and emperor
• Henry VI of Germany, king and emperor
• Hildegard of Bingen, Saint, polymath and first Western musical composer known by name
• Hōnen Shōnin (Genkū), religious founder
• Honorius II, pope
• Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy
• Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
• Hugh of Grenoble, Saint, bishop
• Hugh of Lincoln, Saint, bishop
• Huizong, Emperor of China
• Humbert III, Count of Savoy, Blessed
• Ida of Boulogne, Saint, countess
• Inge I of Norway Hunchback, king
• Innocent II, pope
• Innocent III, pope
• Isaac II Angelus, emperor
• Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria, king
• Ivo of Chartres, Saint, bishop
• Jayavarman VII, Khmer emperor
• John II Comnenos, emperor
• John of England, king and Duke of Normandy
• John of Matha, Saint, co-founder of the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives
• Kaloyan of Bulgaria, king
• Lawrence O'Toole, Saint, Archbishop of Dublin
• Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Saint
• Lin Tinggui, Chinese painter of Buddhist themes
• Louis VI of France, king
• Louis VII of France, king
• Lucius II, pope
• Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, Saint
• Magnus III of Norway, king
• Magnus IV of Norway the Blind, king
• Magnus V of Norway, king
• Maimonides, Jewish philosopher
• Malachy O'More, Saint, Archbishop of Armagh
• Malcolm IV of Scotland, king
• Manuel I Comnenus, emperor
• Matilda of Tuscany, countess
• Mechtildis, Saint, abbess
• Minamoto no Yoritomo, shōgun of Japan, founder of the Kamakura shogunate
• Muhammad of Ghor, Afghan ruler
• Nerses of Lambron, Saint, Archbishop of Tarsus, theologian
• Niels of Denmark, king
• Norbert of Xanten, Saint, founder of the Premonstratensian Order of canons regular, Archbishop of Magdeburg
• Odo I, Duke of Burgundy
• Odo II, Duke of Burgundy
• Odo III, Duke of Burgundy
• Odo of Cambrai, Saint, bishop, theologian
• Olaf Magnusson of Norway, king
• Olegarius, Saint, Archbishop of Tarragona
• Omar Khayyám, Persian poet and astronomer
• Opizars, Beshqen and Beqa, celebrated Georgian gold-smiths.
• Otto of Bamberg, Saint, bishop, chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
• Paschal II, pope
• Peter Abelard, philosopher
• Peter Nolasco, Saint, co-founder of the Order of Our Lady of Ransom
• Peter, Bishop of Poitiers, Saint
• Peter IV of Bulgaria, king
• Philip I of France, king
• Philip II of France, Augustus, king
• Prithviraj Chauhan, king of Ajmer in India
• Raymond of Fitero, Saint, founder of the Order of Calatrava
• Raymond of Peñafort, Saint, canon lawyer
• Richard I of England, king and Duke of Normandy
• Richard of Chichester, Saint, bishop
• Richard of St. Victor, theologian
• Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy
• Robert de Bethune, Bishop of Hereford
• Roger II of Sicily, king
• Saladin, ruler of Egypt and Syria
• Sancho I of Portugal, king
• Sava, Saint, organizer and liberator of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Shao Yong, Chinese poet, historian, and philosopher
• Sigurd I of Norway, king
• Sigurd II of Norway, king
• Stefan Nemanja, ruler of Serbia
• Stefan Nemanjić, king of Serbia
• Stephen II, king of Hungary
• Stephen Harding, Saint, abbot, co-founder of the Cistercian Order
• Stephen of England, king and Duke of Normandy
• Suger, Abbot of St.-Denis
• Suryavarman II, Khmer emperor
• Sverker I of Sweden, king
• Sverre of Norway, king
• Sweyn III of Denmark
• Tamar of Georgia, queen
• Thomas Becket, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England
• Valdemar I of Denmark, the Great, king
• Vladimir II Monomakh, prince of Kiev
• Vladislav I Herman of Poland, king
• William I of Scotland, the Lion, king
• William I of Sicily, king
• William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, knight and statesman
• William of Malmesbury, English historian
• Yue Fei, Chinese general
• Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Almoravid ruler of North Africa and Spain
• Zhang Zeduan, Chinese painter
• Zhou Jichang, Chinese painter
• Zhu Xi, Neo-Confucian Chinese philosopher
• Zhu Yu, Chinese maritime author