– Jalal al-Din Mangburni dethrones Muzaffar al-Din Uzbek, ruler (atabeg) of the Eldiguzids, and sets himself up in the capital of Tabriz (modern Iran). October 5 – Caliph Al-Nasir dies from dysentery at Baghdad after a 45-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Al-Zahir as ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate. Levant The 8-year-old Henry I (the Fat) is crowned as king of Cyprus in the Cathedral of Saint Sophia at Nicosia. His uncle Philip of Ibelin orders the coronation, so that when Henry comes of age at fifteen a regency could not be prolonged on the ground that he is not yet crowned. Asia December 31 – Lý Chiêu Hoàng, only empress regnant in the history of Vietnam, marries Trần Thái Tông, making him the first ruler of the Trần Dynasty. By topic Religion May 10 – Gerold of Lausanne, French bishop of Valence, becomes the new Latin patriarch of Jerusalem (until 1239). July 27 – Visby Cathedral in Sweden is consecrated. Births Amato Ronconi, Italian nobleman and monk (d. 1292) Beatrice of Bohemia, German noblewoman (d. 1290) Beatrice of Brabant, countess of Flanders (d. 1288) Chabi, Mongol empress and wife of Kublai Khan (d. 1281) David VI Narin (the Clever), king of Georgia (d. 1293) Franciscus Accursius, Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1293) Fujiwara no Kitsushi, Japanese empress (d. 1292) Gaston VII (Froissard), viscount of Béarn (d. 1290) Guido Guinizelli, Italian poet and writer (d. 1276) Guigues VII, ruler (dauphin) of Viennois (d. 1269) Saionji Kisshi, Japanese empress consort (d. 1292) Sanchia of Provence, queen of Germany (d. 1261) Thomas Aquinas, Italian friar and theologian (d. 1274) Todros ben Joseph Abulafia, Spanish rabbi (d. 1285) Walter Giffard, English Lord Chancellor (d. 1279) Deaths January 3 – Adolf III of Holstein, German nobleman (b. 1160) February 18 – Hugh Bigod, English nobleman (b. 1182) March 30 – Gertrude of Dagsburg, French noblewoman May 6 – John of Fountains, English prelate and bishop June 8 – Sabrisho IV, patriarch of the Church of the East June 21 – Conrad of Krosigk, German prelate and bishop July 16 – Ōe no Hiromoto, Japanese nobleman (b. 1148) August 16 – Hōjō Masako, Japanese noblewoman (b. 1156) August 24 – Adelardo Cattaneo, Italian cardinal and bishop September 16 – Rainier of Antioch, Latin cleric and patriarch September 17 – William VI, marquis of Montferrat (b. 1173) September 29 – Arnaud Amalric, French abbot