1268

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Conradin (right) is executed by Charles I of Sicily, thus extinguishing the Hohenstaufen dynasty, in 1268.

[edit] Events

[edit] Europe

[edit] War and politics

• February 18 - The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor.
• October 29 - Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed along with his companion Frederick I by Charles I of Sicily, a political rival and ally to the hostile Roman Catholic church.
• King Stephen V of Hungary launches a war against Bulgaria.
• The county of Wernigerode become a vassal state of the margrave of Brandenburg.
• The House of Bourbon first rises to prominence with the marriage of Robert to King Louis IX of France's daughter, Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress to the lordship of Bourbon.
• New election procedures for the election of the doge are established in Venice in order to reduce the influence of powerful individual families.
• Pope Clement IV dies; the following papal election fails to choose a new pope for almost three years, precipitating the later creation of stringent rules governing the electoral procedures.

[edit] Culture

• Nicola Pisano completes the famous octagonal Gothic-style pulpit at the Duomo di Siena.
• The carnival in Venice is first recorded.
• In France, the use of hops as the exclusive flavoring agent used in the manufacture of beer is made compulsory.
• In Slovakia, Guta was founded (currently Kolárovo).

[edit] Asia

• May 18 - The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch; Baibars' destruction of the city of Antioch was so great as to permanently negate the city's importance.
• The Battle of Xiangyang, a six-year battle between the Chinese Song Dynasty and the Mongol forces of Kublai Khan, begins in what is today Hubei.
• Kublai Khan sends an emissary to the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan demanding an acknowledgment of souzerainty and payment of tribute; the Japanese refuse, starting a diplomatic back-and-forth lasting until the Mongols attempt to invade in 1274.
• An earthquake in Cilicia kills an estimated 60,000 people.

[edit] Births

• Mahaut of Artois (died 1327)
• Emperor Duanzong of China (died 1278)
• Philip IV of France (died 1314)

[edit] Deaths

• October 29 - Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (born 1252)
• October 29 - Frederick I (executed) (born 1249)
• November 29 - Pope Clement IV
• December 9 - Vaisvilkas, Prince of Black Ruthenia
• Barral of Baux, Grand Justiciar of Sicily
• Henry de Bracton, English jurist
• Peter II of Savoy (born 1203)

[edit] In fiction

• Gwenyth Hood's alternative history novel The Coming of the Demons explores an alternative history in which Conradin's execution is averted by wandering extraterrestrials.

[edit] People of the year 1268 at Familypedia

2 people were born in 1268

0 people died in 1268

95 people lived in 1268