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1231

Years: 1228 1229 1230 - 1231 - 1232 1233 1234

Decades: 1200s 1210s 1220s - 1230s - 1240s 1250s 1260s

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Events

• Ardengus becomes bishop of Florence
• Emperor Frederick II promulgates the Constitutions of Melfi (also known as Liber Augustalis), a collection of laws for Sicily.

Births

• Emperor Shijo of Japan

Deaths

• Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan
• Abd-el-latif, physician and traveler
• St. Elizabeth of Hungary died November 17, 1231, either from physical fatigue or from disease, only 24 years old, in Marburg. She was canonized by Pope Gregory IX in 1235.
• St. Anthony of Padua also known as Anthony of Lisbon died June 13, 1231. Canonized by Pope Gregory IX in 1232

Monarchs/Presidents

• Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276)
• Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252)
• Navarre - Sancho VII the Strong King of Navarre (reigned from 1194 to 1234)
• Portugal - Afonso II, the Fat, King of Portugal (reigned from 1212 to 1233)