1217

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Year 1217 (MCCXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By area

Asia

• Mukhali is back in Genghis Khan's camp in Mongolia and receives the hereditary title of prince, a golden seal, and a white standard with 9 tails and a black crescent in the middle. He is appointed commander in chief of operations in North China.
• The Fifth Crusade reaches the Holy Land

Europe

• April 9 – Peter II of Courtenay is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III.
• May 20 – First Barons' War in England: Occupying French forces are defeated at the Battle of Lincoln by English royal troops led by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke^[1] and survivors forced to flee south.
• June 6 – King Henry I of Castile dies aged thirteen from the fall of a roof tile in Palencia, an event which his regent, Álvaro Núñez de Lara, attempts to conceal. Henry's sister Berengaria succeeds to the throne.
• June – Haakon Haakonsson becomes King Haakon IV of Norway following the death of Inge II and largely ends the civil war era in Norway, reigning until 1263.
• August 24 – First Barons' War: In the Battle of Sandwich in the English Channel, English forces destroy the French and the French mercenary Eustace the Monk is captured and beheaded.
• August 31 – Ferdinand becomes King of Castile on abdication of his mother Berengaria.
• September 12 – First Barons' War in England ended by the Treaty of Kingston upon Thames: French and Scots are to leave England, and an amnesty is granted to rebels.^[1]
• September 20 – Treaty of Lambeth signed ratifying the Treaty of Kingston.
• September 21 – Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword and allied Livs and Letts defeat the Estonian army in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day and kill their leader Lembitu.
• November – In the Kingdom of Castile, former regent Álvaro Núñez de Lara is captured and forced to relinquish all his castles.^[2]
• Stefan Nemanjić is elevated to be first King of the Serbian lands by Pope Honorius III and crowned by Stefan's brother, Archimandrite Sava, in Žiča.
• Alcácer do Sal is reconquered by the troops of King Afonso II of Portugal.^[3]
• A decree made in England establishes that only Englishman can be clergy of Ireland.

Births

• John I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1286)
• Baldwin, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (d. 1273)
• Henry I of Cyprus
• Eleanor of Provence, Queen of Henry III of England (d. 1291)
• Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler of Persia (d. 1265)
• Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1270)
• Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad, Arab historian (d. 1285)

Deaths

• April 23 – King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
• April 25 – Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
• June 6 – King Henry I of Castile (b. 1204)
• August 24 – Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (b. c.1170)
• September 10 – William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, English nobleman
• September 21 – Lembitu of Lehola, Estonian resistance leader and Caupo of Turaida, Livonian leader (at the Battle of St. Matthew's Day)
• October 14 – Isabel of Gloucester, wife of King John of England (b. c.1173)
• Maria Comnena, wife of Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. c.1154) (latest possible date of death)
• Lovers of Teruel: Juan Martinez (aka Diego Marcilla) and Isabel Segura (alleged date)

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