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[[File:Europe 1199ad political map.png|upright=1.35|thumb]] Year 1199 (MCXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

January 13 – A short-lived truce is declared, between the Kings Richard I (the Lionheart) and Philip II (Augustus). Two of Europe's most powerful rulers meet on the banks of the Seine River, while shouting terms to one another. With a peace secured, Richard is able to refocus on bringing internal order to the south of the Angevin Empire.
March 26 – Richard I besieges the unarmed castle of Châlus-Chabrol, and is shot in the left shoulder with a crossbow, by the French boy Pierre Basile. The war between the kingdoms of England and France has become so brutal, that Hugh of Lincoln is warned that "nothing now is safe, neither the city to dwell in nor the highway for travel".
April 6 – Richard I dies from gangrene, caused by his crossbow wound. His younger brother, John (Lackland), becomes King of England. Richard's jewels are left to his nephew, Otto IV, King of the Romans. Mercadier, a mercenary captain and Richard's second in command, has Pierre Basile flayed alive and hanged.
Roman Mstislavich (the Great), Grand Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, unites his realm with its westerly neighbor Galicia (after the death of Vladimir II). He makes the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia more powerful than Kiev.
Summer – Philip II renews his war against England, supporting the rival claim to the English throne of John's 12-year-old nephew Arthur I, duke of Brittany.
Summer – After uncovering a plot against him, Emeric, King of Hungary defeats his brother Duke Andrew in a battle, forcing him into exile in Austria. Thereafter, border clashes occurs between Hungary and Austria.

Britain

May 26 – John returns to London and chooses people to help him to rule the kingdom. He appoints Archbishop Hubert Walter as his advisor and chancellor. Geoffrey Fitz Peter is chosen as Chief Justiciar and William (the Marshal) becomes Marshal of John's household. On May 27, John is crowned as king of England at Westminster Abbey.
Summer – King William the Lion of Scotland supports John's claim to the English throne, in exchange for ownership of the northern territories (including Northumberland and Cumberland).

Africa

January 23 – Caliph Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur dies at Marrakesh after a 15-year reign in which he has defeated the Castilian forces of King Alfonso VIII (the noble) (see 1195) and other Christian enemies in Al-Andalus. He is succeeded by his son Muhammad al-Nasir as ruler of the Almohad Caliphate (until 1213).

Japan

February 9 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun, dies at Kamakura after a 7-year reign in which he has established the Kamakura Shogunate (see 1192). He is succeeded by his 16-year-old son Minamoto no Yoriie, his grandfather Hōjō Tokimasa proclaims himself regent for Yoriie (until 1202).

By topic

Religion

Summer – Pope Innocent III calls for a fourth Crusade at Rome. Due to the preaching of Fulk of Neuilly, an army is organized at a tournament held at Ecry-sur-Aisne by Theobald III, count of Champagne, on November 28.
St. Laurence's Church, Ludlow, in England is rebuilt.

Births

April 17 – Marie of Ponthieu, French noblewoman (d. 1250)
Aisha Al-Manoubya, Almohad female Sufi mystic (d. 1267)
Al-Mansur al-Hasan, Yemeni imam and politician (d. 1271)
Bohemond V, prince of Antioch (House of Poitiers) (d. 1252)
Ferdinand III (the Saint), king of Castile and León (d. 1252)
Guttorm of Norway (Sigurdsson), king of Norway (d. 1204)
Ibn al-Abbar, Andalusian biographer and historian (d. 1260)
Isobel of Huntingdon, daughter of David of Scotland (d. 1252)
Jalal al-Din Mangburni, Khwarezmid ruler (shah) (d. 1231)
Joan of Constantinople, Flemish noblewoman (d. 1244)
Sturla Sighvatsson, Icelandic chieftain (or goði) (d. 1238)
Thomas II, Flemish nobleman (House of Savoy) (d. 1259)

Deaths

January 23 – Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Almohad caliph (b. 1160)
February 9 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
February 13 – Stefan Nemanja, Serbian Grand Prince (b. 1113)
March 17 – Jocelin of Glasgow (or Jocelyn), Scottish bishop
April 5 – Ashikaga Yoshikane, Japanese samurai and monk
April 6
- Pierre Basile (or Bertran de Gurdun), French knight
- Richard I (the Lionheart), king of England (b. 1157)
July 10 – Hugh de Roxburgh (or Hugo), Scottish bishop
August 20 – Matthew, Scottish churchman and bishop
September 4 – Joan of England, queen of Sicily (b. 1165)
October 9 – Bobo of San Teodoro, Italian cardinal-deacon
November 6 – Hatim ibn Ibrahim, Yemeni religious leader
November 25 – Albert III (the Rich), count of Habsburg
December 25 – Helena of Hungary, duchess of Austria
Alexios Komnenos, son of Andronikos I (Komnenos)
Azalais of Toulouse (or Adelaide), French noblewoman
Benedicta Ebbesdotter of Hvide, queen of Sweden (or 1200)
Date Tomomune, Japanese nobleman and samurai (b. 1129)
Michael the Syrian (the Great), Syriac patriarch (b. 1126)
Raymond IV (or Raimund), count and regent of Tripoli
Vladimir II Yaroslavich, Kievan prince (House of Rurik)

References

Palmer, Alan. (1992). "The Chronology of British History". Century Ltd.
Rees, Simon (2006). "King Richard I of England Versus King Philip II Augustus". Military History (published September 2006).
''King John'' by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 63
Warren, Lewis. (1961). "King John". University of California Press.
Zsoldos, Attila. (2022). "Az Aranybulla királya ''[The King of the Golden Bull]''". Városi Levéltár és Kutatóintézet.
A. P. Vlasto. (2 October 1970). "The Entry of the Slavs Into Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs". CUP Archive.
S. D. Church. (2003). "King John: New Interpretations". Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
(1854). "A History of England from the first Invasion by the Romans to the 14th year of the Reign of Queen Victoria".
Edmund Lodge. (1907). "The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire for 1907". Kelly's Directories.

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