Significant People
- Adrian IV, pope
- Aelred, Saint, English monk and spiritual writer
- Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal
- Alan IV, Duke of Brittany
- Albert of Jerusalem, Saint, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Albert of Louvain, Saint, Bishop of Liège
- Allama Prabhu, Indian Mystic and an important Vachana Poet.
- Alexander I of Scotland, king
- Alexius I Comnenus, emperor
- Alexius II Comnenus, emperor
- Alexius III Angelus, emperor
- Alfonso II of Aragon, king
- Alfonso VI of Castile, king
- Alfonso VII of Castile, king
- Alfonso VIII of Castile, king
- Amadeus of Lausanne, Blessed, Bishop of Lausanne
- Andrei I Bogolyubsky, Prince of Suzdal
- Andronicus I Comnenus, emperor
- Anselm, Saint, Abbot of Bec and Archbishop of Canterbury
- Anthelm, Saint, Abbot of the Grand Chartreuse
- Artemis Felicaan, mysticist and mathematician found guilty of treason during Christian Prosecution in Constantinople.
- Arthur I, Duke of Brittany
- Averroes Ibn Rushd, Spanish Islamic polymath
- Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, king
- Béla II of Hungary
- Béla III of Hungary
- Bernard, Saint, Abbot of Clairvaux, preacher and reformer
- Bertha, Duchess of Brittany
- Berthold, Saint, found of the Carmelite Order
- Bhaskara II, Indian mathematician and astronomer
- Bohemund I of Antioch, prince
- Boleslaus III Wrymouth, king of Poland
- Boleslav IV the Curly, high duke of Poland
- Bruno of Segni, Saint, bishop
- Calixtus II, pope
- Canute V of Denmark, king
- Canute VI of Denmark, king
- Chakhrukhadze, Georgian poet
- Christina of Markyate, Prioress of St. Albans Abbey
- Coloman I, King of Hungary
- Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, the Younger
- Conrad I of Montferrat, King elect of Jerusalem
- Constance, Duchess of Brittany
- David I of Scotland, king
- David the Builder, King of Georgia
- David V of Georgia
- David Soslani, husband of Queen Tamar
- Demetre I, king of Georgia
- Dominic de Guzmán, Saint, founder of the Order of Preachers
- Edgar of Scotland, king
- Edmund of Abingdon, Saint, theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen consort of France and later of the Kingdom of England
- Emeric I of Hungary, king
- Engelbert II of Berg, Saint, Archbishop of Cologne
- Eric I of Denmark, king
- Eric II of Denmark, king
- Eric III of Denmark, king
- Eric IX of Sweden, Saint, king
- Erik Gnupsson, Bishop of Greenland
- Eugene III, Blessed, pope
- Eustathios of Thessalonike, Saint, archbishop of Thessaloniki and writer
- Eystein I of Norway, king
- Eystein II of Norway, king
- Eysteinn Erlendsson, Saint, Bishop of Nidaros
- Felix of Valois, Saint, co-founder of the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives
- Francis of Assisi, Saint, founder of the Order of Friars Minor
- Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
- Galdino della Sala, Saint, Archbishop of Milan
- Gelasius II, pope
- Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
- Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
- Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy
- George III, king of Georgia
- Geza II, king of Hungary
- Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint, founder of the Gilbertines.
- Haakon II of Norway the Broad-shouldered, king
- Harald IV of Norway, king
- Henry (Bishop of Uppsala), Saint
- Henry, Count of Portugal
- Henry I of England, king and Duke of Normandy
- Henry II of England, king and Duke of Normandy
- Henry IV of Germany, king and emperor
- Henry V of Germany, king and emperor
- Henry VI of Germany, king and emperor
- Hildegard of Bingen, Saint, polymath and first Western musical composer known by name
- Hōnen Shōnin (Genkū), religious founder
- Honorius II, pope
- Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy
- Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
- Hugh of Grenoble, Saint, bishop
- Hugh of Lincoln, Saint, bishop
- Huizong, Emperor of China
- Humbert III, Count of Savoy, Blessed
- Ida of Boulogne, Saint, countess
- Inge I of Norway Hunchback, king
- Innocent II, pope
- Innocent III, pope
- Isaac II Angelus, emperor
- Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria, king
- Ivo of Chartres, Saint, bishop
- Jayavarman VII, Khmer emperor
- John II Comnenos, emperor
- John of England, king and Duke of Normandy
- John of Matha, Saint, co-founder of the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives
- Kaloyan of Bulgaria, king
- Lawrence O'Toole, Saint, Archbishop of Dublin
- Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Saint
- Lin Tinggui, Chinese painter of Buddhist themes
- Louis VI of France, king
- Louis VII of France, king
- Lucius II, pope
- Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, Saint
- Magnus III of Norway, king
- Magnus IV of Norway the Blind, king
- Magnus V of Norway, king
- Maimonides, Jewish philosopher
- Malachy O'More, Saint, Archbishop of Armagh
- Malcolm IV of Scotland, king
- Manuel I Comnenus, emperor
- Matilda of Tuscany, countess
- Mechtildis, Saint, abbess
- Minamoto no Yoritomo, shōgun of Japan, founder of the Kamakura shogunate
- Muhammad of Ghor, Afghan ruler
- Nerses of Lambron, Saint, Archbishop of Tarsus, theologian
- Niels of Denmark, king
- Norbert of Xanten, Saint, founder of the Premonstratensian Order of canons regular, Archbishop of Magdeburg
- Odo I, Duke of Burgundy
- Odo II, Duke of Burgundy
- Odo III, Duke of Burgundy
- Odo of Cambrai, Saint, bishop, theologian
- Olaf Magnusson of Norway, king
- Olegarius, Saint, Archbishop of Tarragona
- Omar Khayyám, Persian poet and astronomer
- Opizars, Beshqen and Beqa, celebrated Georgian gold-smiths.
- Otto of Bamberg, Saint, bishop, chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
- Paschal II, pope
- Peter Abelard, philosopher
- Peter Nolasco, Saint, co-founder of the Order of Our Lady of Ransom
- Peter, Bishop of Poitiers, Saint
- Peter IV of Bulgaria, king
- Philip I of France, king
- Philip II of France, Augustus, king
- Prithviraj Chauhan, king of Ajmer in India
- Raymond of Fitero, Saint, founder of the Order of Calatrava
- Raymond of Peñafort, Saint, canon lawyer
- Richard I of England, king and Duke of Normandy
- Richard of Chichester, Saint, bishop
- Richard of St. Victor, theologian
- Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy
- Robert de Bethune, Bishop of Hereford
- Roger II of Sicily, king
- Saladin, ruler of Egypt and Syria
- Sancho I of Portugal, king
- Sava, Saint, organizer and liberator of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Shao Yong, Chinese poet, historian, and philosopher
- Sigurd I of Norway, king
- Sigurd II of Norway, king
- Stefan Nemanja, ruler of Serbia
- Stefan Nemanjić, king of Serbia
- Stephen II, king of Hungary
- Stephen Harding, Saint, abbot, co-founder of the Cistercian Order
- Stephen of England, king and Duke of Normandy
- Suger, Abbot of St.-Denis
- Suryavarman II, Khmer emperor
- Sverker I of Sweden, king
- Sverre of Norway, king
- Sweyn III of Denmark
- Tamar of Georgia, queen
- Thomas Becket, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England
- Valdemar I of Denmark, the Great, king
- Vladimir II Monomakh, prince of Kiev
- Vladislav I Herman of Poland, king
- William I of Scotland, the Lion, king
- William I of Sicily, king
- William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, knight and statesman
- William of Malmesbury, English historian
- Yue Fei, Chinese general
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Almoravid ruler of North Africa and Spain
- Zhang Zeduan, Chinese painter
- Zhou Jichang, Chinese painter
- Zhu Xi, Neo-Confucian Chinese philosopher
- Zhu Yu, Chinese maritime author
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