In the year 1250, Erik Eriksson dies (Feb 2) and Birger Jarl’s eldest son Valdemar I becomes the new king of Sweden (Feb), King Louis IX of France is released by his Egyptian captors after paying a large ransom and turning over the port city Damietta (Apr 30), the Rialto Bridge in Venice is converted from a pontoon bridge to a permanent, raised wooden structure, the German scientist Albertus Magnus isolates the element arsenic as the 8th discovered metal - and all these fine people were born:
1250-0408 John Tristan* French prince of the Capetian dynasty/Count of Valois/son of Louis IX of France - Damietta, Egypt (1270/20)
1250-0815 Matteo I. Visconti* the second of the Visconti family to govern Milan - Invorio (1322/71)
1250-1215 al-ʿAllāma al-Hillī* Shia scholar/theologian/mujtahid - Hillah (1325/75)
1251-0605 Hōjō Tokimune* 北条 時宗 the eighth shikken of the Kamakura shogunate/a leader of forces against the invasion of the Mongols/spreader of Zen Buddhism - Japan (1283/32)
1251-0902 Francis of Fabriano* (b Francesco Venimbeni) theologian/writer - Fabriano, Papal States (1322/70)
1252-0325 Conradin* Duke of Swabia/ the last direct heir of the House of Hohenstaufen - Wolfstein Castle, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (1268/16)
1253-0301 Mattia de Nazarei* Benedictine nun/abbess - Matelica, Macerata, Papal States (1319/66)
In the year 1254, King Louis IX of France returns home prematurely from the Seventh Crusade, the Swedish city of Malmö is founded, the Mongols enslave 200,000 Koreans and take them away, King Louis IX expels all Jews from France.
1254-0513 Marie of Brabant* Queen of France as the second wife of King Philip III - Leuven, Brabant (1322/67)
1254-0915 Marco Polo* explorer/ merchant/writer - Venice, Republic of Venice (1324/69)
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In the year 1256, (), (), Mongol forces capture and dismantle Alamut Castle, and found the Ilkhanate dynasty of Persia which becomes one of the four main divisions of the Mongol Empire (Dec 15), the ancient Irish Kingdom of Breifne splits into East Breifne and West Breifne
1256-0106 Gertrude the Great* Benedictine nun/mystic - Eisleben, Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire (1302/c. 45)
1256-0209 William de Warenne* nobleman - England (1286/30)
1256-1023 Möngke Temür* ruler of Shiraz - Azerbaijan, Ilkhanate, Mongol Empire (1282/25)
In the year 1257, (), (), Welsh forces defeat the English army in the Battle of Cadfan, the pagan Karelians start a destructive expedition to Sweden which leads to the Third Swedish Crusade to Finland.
1257-0324 Yolanda of Lusignan* noblewoman - Angoulême, Kingdom of France (1314/57)
1257-1014 Przemysł II* Duke of Poznań/King of Poland - Poznań, Kingdom of Poland (1296/38)
In the year 1258, Mongol forces invade Vietnam and occupy the capital city Thăng Long (Jan), the Genoese send an armada to relieve the blockade at Acre, but the battle results in a crushing Venetian victory (Jun 25), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, proclaims himself Prince of Wales, and becomes the final ruler of an independent Wales before its conquest by future King Edward I, and the Icelandic chieftain Gissur Þorvaldsson is made Earl of Iceland for his loyal service to King Haakon IV.
1258-0308 Arghun Khan* the fourth ruler of the Mongol empire’s Ilkhanate/great-nephew of Kublai Khan - Baylagan (1291/33)
1258-1010 Joachim Piccolomini* nobleman/ beatified friar/philanthropist - Siena (1305/46)
1258-1207 Trần Nhân Tông* the third emperor of the Trần dynasty - Thăng Long, Đại Việt (1308/50)
In the year 1259, Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy), in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels (Dec), the German cities of Lübeck, Wismar, and Rostock enter into a pact to defend against pirates of the Baltic Sea, laying the groundwork for the Hanseatic League.
1259-0325 Andronikos II Palaiologos* - Nicaea, Empire of Nicaea (1332/75)
Updated 5.11.2022