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Casimir III the Great (Kazimierz Wielki)

Kazimierz III Wielki

Kingdom of Poland

1310 – 1370 (60 years old)

Last Piast King of Poland who doubled the country's size, founded Jagiellonian University, and protected Jewish refugees across Europe.

Kraków, Poland

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Gajah Mada

Gajah Mada

Majapahit Empire

c. 1290 CE – c. 1364 CE (74 years old)

Legendary prime minister (Mahapatih) of the Majapahit Empire who took the famous Sumpah Palapa (Palapa Oath) in 1336, vowing to taste no earthly pleasures until unifying the Nusantara archipelago.

Probolinggo (East Java), Indonesia

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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman

أبو الحسن علي بن عثمان المريني

🌐 Marinid Sultanate

1297 – 1348 (51 years old)

Most formidable Marinid Sultan of Morocco, known as the 'Black Sultan', who unified Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia under his scepter, constructed the royal necropolis of Chellah, and transcribed the Quran in his own calligraphy.

Rabat, Morocco

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Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce)

Roibert a Briuis (Robert de Brus)

Kingdom of Scotland

1274 – 1329 (54 years old)

Hero King of Scotland who liberated his nation from English dominion and secured independence at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.

Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom

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Philip IV of France (Philip the Fair)

Philippe IV le Bel

Kingdom of France

c. 1268 – 1314 (46 years old)

Capetian King of France whose ruthless state centralization created the Estates-General, relocated the Papacy to Avignon, and crushed the Knights Templar.

Saint-Denis, Paris, France

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Raden Wijaya

Raden Wijaya (Kertarajasa Jayawardhana)

Singhasari Kingdom

c. 1273 CE – 1309 (36 years old)

Founder and first monarch of the Majapahit Empire who brilliantly outmaneuvered and defeated Kublai Khan's Mongol invasion fleet in Java in 1293, founding Southeast Asia's greatest maritime empire.

Blitar (East Java), Indonesia

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Raden Wijaya (Kertarajasa Jayawardhana)

Raden Wijaya / Kertarajasa Jayawardhana

Java (Indonesia)

c. 1270 – c. 1309 (39 years old)

Founder and first monarch of the Majapahit Empire who outsmarted and repelled Kublai Khan's Mongol invasion fleet to unite the Indonesian archipelago.

Blitar, Indonesia

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Edward I of England

Edward Longshanks (Hammer of the Scots)

Kingdom of England

1239 – 1307 (68 years old)

Formidable Plantagenet King who conquered Wales, summoned the Model Parliament of 1295, and campaigned fiercely in Scotland.

London, United Kingdom

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Mansa Sakura

Sakoura (Mansa Sakura)

Mali

Unknown – 1300

Emperor of the Mali Empire (reigned c. 1285–1300) who rose from royal court bondage to seize imperial authority during a period of dynastic chaos, expanding Mali's borders to their greatest extent prior to Mansa Musa.

Niani, Guinea

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King Ramkhamhaeng

พ่อขุนรามคำแหงมหาราช

Sukhothai Kingdom

c. 1239 CE – c. 1298 CE (59 years old)

Third king of the Sukhothai Kingdom known as Ramkhamhaeng the Great, who created the Thai writing system in 1283 and established the idyllic paternal 'Father Rules Children' monarchy.

Sukhothai, Thailand

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Kublai Khan (Setsen Khan / Emperor Shizu of Yuan)

Хубилай хаан / 元世祖 忽必烈

Mongolia

23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294 (78 years old)

Grandson of Genghis Khan who completed the conquest of China, founding the Yuan Dynasty. Established modern Beijing (Dadu / Khanbaliq) as imperial capital, introduced universal paper currency (Chao), and hosted European traveler Marco Polo.

Khanbaliq (Dadu / Beijing), China

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Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan

يغمراسن بن زيان

Algeria

1206 – 1283 (77 years old)

Astute Zenata Berber statesman who founded the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen in 1236, fortified the Mechouar palace, and defended Algerian regional sovereignty against Marinid and Hafsid rivals for nearly half a century.

Tlemcen, Algeria

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Al-Zahir Baybars

الملك الظاهر ركن الدين بيبرس البندقداري

Cumania (Kazakhstan)

c. 1223 CE – 1277 (~54 years old)

Fourth Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria, warrior-king who defeated the Seventh Crusade, crushed the Mongols at Ain Jalut, and dismantled Crusader kingdoms.

Damascus, Syria

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Muhammad I al-Mustansir

محمد المستنصر الحفصي

🌐 Hafsid Sultanate

1228 – 1277 (49 years old)

Hafsid monarch who assumed the title of Caliph (Amir al-Mu'minin) in 1259 and successfully repelled the Eighth Crusade led by King Louis IX of France in 1270.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Louis IX of France (Saint Louis / King of Peace)

Louis IX (Saint Louis)

France

25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270 (56 years old)

Capetian King of France and the only French monarch canonized as a saint. Celebrated throughout Europe as an incorruptible arbiter of international peace, builder of the luminous Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, and reformer of royal justice.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Narasimhadeva I

ନରସିଂହ ଦେବ ପ୍ରଥମ (Langula Narasimha)

Eastern Ganga Empire

Unknown – 1264

Powerful monarch of the Eastern Ganga dynasty of Kalinga (1238–1264) who soundly defeated the Bengal Sultanate forces and commissioned the world-renowned Konark Sun Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage architectural marvel.

Cuttack (Odisha), India

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Saif ad-Din Qutuz

سيف الدين قطز (محمود بن ممدود)

Khwarazmian Empire (Uzbekistan)

c. 1221 CE – 1260 (~39 years old)

Mamluk Sultan of Egypt who united the Muslim world to inflict the first major battlefield defeat upon the Mongol Empire at the Battle of Ain Jalut.

Al-Salihiyya, Sharqia, Egypt

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Abu Zakariya Yahya

أبو زكرياء يحيى الحفصي

Tunisia

1203 – 1249 (46 years old)

Almohad governor who declared independence in Tunis in 1229, founding the Hafsid Dynasty that ruled Tunisia and eastern Algeria for three and a half centuries.

Tunis, Tunisia

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