1230 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Kingdom of Leon unites with the Kingdom of Castile.
• Approximate year of creation for the Carmina Burana poetry and song collection

Births

• Jacobus De Voragine Italian chronicler, archbishop of Genoa (approximate year)

Deaths

• September 23 or 24 - Alfonso IX of Castile
• December 23 - Berengaria of Navarre, Queen consort of Richard I of England
• December 15 Otakar I (or Premysl Ottokar I, Czech: Přemysl Otakar I), king of Bohemia
• Walther von der Vogelweide, German poet (approximate year)
• Leopold VI of Austria, the Glorious, on July 28

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)
• England - Henry III of England (reigned from 1216 to 1272)
• 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)