1197
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Events
December - Vladislav Jindřich resigns from the Czech throne and becomes the hereditary margrave of Moravia. Přemysl Otakar I ascends the Czech throne.
Birth
October 22 - Juntoku, 84th Japanese Emperor († October 7, 1242)
July - Raimond VII. of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence († 27 September 1249)
? - Beatrix Stauf, Roman queen of the Stauf dynasty († 11 August 1212)
Deaths
June 1 - Gertrude of Bavaria, Queen of Denmark (* circa 1154)
June 15 - Jindřich Břetislav, Czech prince (*?)
September 10 - Henry II of Champagne, Count of Champagne, participant in the Crusade and uncrowned King of Jerusalem (* July 29, 1166)
September 28 - Henry VI Staufsky, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (* 1165)
December 20 - Albrecht III. of Bogen, Count of Bogen (* July 11, 1165)
? - Markéta Francouzská, Queen of England and Hungary (* 1158)
? - Peter II Bulgarian, restorer of an independent Bulgarian state and self-proclaimed tsar (*?)
Heads of State
Czech Principality - Jindřich Břetislav - Vladislav Jindřich - Přemysl Otakar I.
Holy Roman Empire - Henry VI. Staufsky
Pope - Celestine III.
Kingdom of England - Richard I. The Lionheart
Kingdom of France - Philip II. August
The Principality of Poland - Lešek I. Bílý
Kingdom of Hungary - Emerich
Kingdom of Sicily - Constance with Henry I. / Frederick II. Staufsky
Kingdom of Castile - Alfonso VIII. Castilian
Duchy of Austria - Frederick I of Babenberg
Kingdom of Scotland - William the Lion
Byzantine Empire - Alexios III. Angelos
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