1226 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Carmelite Order approved by Pope Honorius III
• Frederick II calls Imperial Diet of Cremona

Births

Deaths

• October 3 Saint Francis of Assisi founder of the Franciscan Order and patron Saint of animals and the environment Canonized by Pope Gregory IX in 1228
• November 8 King Louis VIII of France at Montpensier Auvergne succeeded by his son Louis IX

Monarchs/Presidents

• Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)
• Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)
• France - Louis VIII ruled 1223 to 1226
• Holy See - Honorius III pope (from 1216 to 1227)
• Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, Mongol Khan (from 1206 to 1227)
• Navarre - Sancho VII the Strong King of Navarre (reigned from 1194 to 1234)
• Portugal - Afonso II, the Fat, King of Portugal (reigned from 1212 to 1233)
• Venice - Pietro Ziani Doge of Venice (ruled from 1205 to 1229)