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William II of Holland

Count of Holland and King of the Romans

khan of the Ulus of Jochi

Johannes de Sacrobosco

English astronomer and mathematician

Kujō Yoritsune

4th shogun of the Kamakura shogunate

Kaliman Asen II of Bulgaria

Bulgarian ruler

Kujō Yoritsugu

5th shogun of the Kamakura shogunate

Mafalda of Portugal

Portuguese infanta, Castilian queen consort, and nun

Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre

Queen consort of Navarre (1211-1256)

Bernhard von Spanheim

Duke of Carinthia

Renaud de Vichiers

Christian crusader

Maria of Brabant, Duchess of Bavaria

Rukn al-Din Khurshah

Nizari Ismaili Imam

Sibt ibn al-Jawzi

Islamic scholar

thumb|Statue of Avalokitesvara|Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokiteśvara in [[Sanjusangen-dō (National Treasure of Japan)]] Tankei (湛慶 1173 – June 13, 1256) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He was the student of and eldest son of the master sculptor Unkei. He was also the teacher, and uncle of the sculptor Kōen, who would collaborate with his works, and would succeed him as head of the Kei School upon his death in 1256.

Translator of Arabic texts to Hebrew

Torchitorio V of Cagliari

Sardinian ruler

Guglielmo Fieschi

Catholic cardinal

Alice de Lusignan, Countess of Surrey

Countess of Surrey

Þórður kakali Sighvatsson

Icelandic chieftain

Niall, Earl of Carrick

Italian Roman Catholic friar and blessed

Reginald of Bologna

Italian archbishop

William of Kilkenny

Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Ely (1200-1256)