Famous People from the 12th Century AD

English King, who participated in the 3. Crusade and campaigned against France

HRE Emperor, who campaigned in Italy and drowned during the 3. Crusade. The Nazi Invasion of the USSR was named after him

Duchess of Aquitaine, who became Queen of France and Queen of England

Cistercian abbot, mystic and preacher in favor of the Crusades, helped spread his Monastic Order

Abbess, polymath, mystic and oldest known musical composer of Europe

Sephardic Jewish philosopher, who lived in Spain and North Africa, who greatly influenced Jewish and Islamic Philosophy and Science

Sultan of Egypt and Syria, who conquered Jerusalem from the Crusaders and defeated them at the Battle of Hattin

Islamic Andalusian philosopher, also known as "The Commentator" or Ibn Rushd, who interpreted and commentated the works of Aristotle

HRE Emperor from the Staufen dynasty, who also became King of Sicily

King of Jerusalem, who suffered from Leprosy, tried to secure the Kingdom from the Egyptian Thread

Leader of the 1. Crusade, who became first King of Jerusalem

Italian monk, who founded a monastic order named after him, regarded as the Saint of Italy and Animals

Pope, who initiated the 4. Crusade as well as the Crusades against Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars

Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancelor of England, who was murdered in 1170 and later canonized as a martyr

Khmer Emperor, who build Angkor Wat