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== Deaths ==
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Sancho II of Portugal|Sancho II]] ('''the Pious'''), king of [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] (b. [[1209]])
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Ritsushi]], Japanese empress (b. [[1192]])
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Henry II, Duke of Brabant|Henry II]], Dutch nobleman and knight (b. [[1207]])
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Al-Adil II]], Ayyubid ruler of [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]] and [[Damascus]]
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Taddeo da Suessa]], Italian jurist and diplomat
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Bolesław I of Masovia]], Polish prince (b. [[1208]])
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Maud Marshal]], English noblewoman (b. 1192)
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Hugh I, Count of Blois|Hugh I of Châtillon]], French nobleman and knight
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Güyük Khan]] (or '''Kuyuk'''), Mongol emperor (b. [[1206]])
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Otto III, Count of Burgundy|Otto III of Merania]], French nobleman and knight
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Giordano Forzatè]], Italian religious leader (b. [[1158]])
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen|Kunigunde]], Bohemian queen consort (b. [[1202]])
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland|Theobald Butler]], Irish chief governor (b. [[1224]])
* [[Al-Qifti]], Egyptian scholar, historian and biographer (b. [[1172]])
* [[Haraldr Óláfsson]], Scottish ruler of the [[Kingdom of the Isles]] 
* [[Hermann of Dorpat|Hermann von Buxhövden]], Livonian prince-bishop (b. [[1163]])
* [[Ibn al-Baytar|Ibn al-Baitar]], Andalusian physician and scientist (b. [[1197]])
* [[John Blund]], English archbishop and philosopher (b. [[1175]])
* [[John of Monmouth]], Norman nobleman and knight (b. [[1182]])
* [[Koga Michiteru]], Japanese nobleman and poet (b. [[1187]])
* [[Richard Fishacre]], English theologian and writer (b. [[1200]])
* [[Richard Siward]], English adventurer and [[knight banneret]]
* [[Shams Tabrizi]], Persian poet and philosopher (b. [[1185]])
* [[Subutai]], Mongol general and military strategist (b. 1175)
* [[Walter Mauclerk|Walter Mauclerc]], English bishop, diplomat and [[Lord High Treasurer|Treasurer]]
* [[Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy|Yolande of Dreux]], duchess consort of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (b. [[1212]])