* 1203 – Isaac II Angelos, restored Eastern Roman Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.

Alain de Lille ( or Alanus ab Insulis ) ( c. 1116 / 1117 – 1202 / 1203 ), French theologian and poet, was born in Lille, some years before 1128.

His exact date of death remains unclear as well, with most research pointing toward it being between April 14, 1202, and April 5, 1203.

# Hedwig ( d. 1203 ), married to Otto II, Margrave of Meissen

Alexios III Angelos () ( c. 1153 – 1211 ) was Byzantine Emperor from 1195 to 1203.

The crusaders, whose objective had been Egypt, were persuaded to set their course for Constantinople before which they appeared in June 1203, proclaiming Alexios IV as Emperor and inviting the populace of the capital to depose his uncle.

His participation in the attempted usurpation of John Komnenos the Fat in 1200 had caused him to be imprisoned until the accession of Isaac II Angelos, who was restored to the throne after having been deposed and imprisoned by his brother Alexios III, and his son Alexios IV Angelos, who were placed on the throne by the intervention of the Fourth Crusade in July 1203.

In the course of a plot between Philip of Swabia, Boniface of Montferrat and the Doge of Venice, the Fourth Crusade was, despite papal excommunication, diverted in 1203 against Constantinople, ostensibly promoting the claims of Alexius son of the deposed emperor Isaac.

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Saint Dominic met and debated the Cathars in 1203 during his mission to the Languedoc.

In the spring of 1203, Dominic joined Prior Diego on an embassy to Denmark for the monarchy of Spain.

In fact, from 1192 to 1867, the shoguns, or their shikken regents in Kamakura ( 1203 – 1333 ), were the de facto rulers of Japan, although they were nominally appointed by the Emperor.

From 1192 to 1867, sovereignty of the state was exercised by the shoguns, or their shikken regents ( 1203 – 1333 ), whose authority was conferred by Imperial warrant.

However, although the use of hastily improvised fireships is mentioned during the 1203 siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, no report confirms the use of the actual Greek fire.

It was published as RFC 1203 in 1991.

* 1203 – The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault.

Further desertions of John's local allies at the beginning of 1203 steadily reduced John's freedom to manoeuvre in the region.

In late 1203, John attempted to relieve Château Gaillard, which although besieged by Philip was guarding the eastern flank of Normandy.

Despite his promises to the contrary, John appealed to Innocent for help, observing that the charter compromised the pope's rights under the 1203 agreement that had appointed him John's feudal lord.

1203 – 1242 ), also of the Sayfawa dynasty.

Ghana survived in a diminished form until Kumbi Saleh was destroyed in 1203 by a former vassal state, the anti-Muslim Sosso Kingdom, which ultimately controlled the southern portions of the former Ghana Empire.

1203 – fall 1263 ) was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only King of Lithuania.

John crossed over into Normandy and his forces soon captured Arthur, and in 1203, the young man disappeared, with most people believing that John had Arthur murdered.

After Toghrul rejected a proposal to wed his son and daughter to Genghis ' children, the rift between them grew until war broke out in 1203.

was the second shogun ( 1202 – 1203 ) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and the first son of first shogun Yoritomo.

Minamoto no Sanetomo ( 源 実朝, September 17, 1192 – February 13, 1219, r. 1203 – 1219 ) was the third shogun of the Kamakura shogunate Sanetomo was the second son of the founder of the Kamakura shogunate Minamoto no Yoritomo, his mother was Hōjō Masako, and his older brother was the second Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoriie.

Hōjō Masako overheard a plot that Yoshikazu and Yoriie were hatching, and turned in her own son to Tokimasa, who did not hurt Yoriie but had Yoshikazu executed in 1203.

In 1203, Masako's other son by Yoritomo, Minamoto no Sanetomo, became the third shogun with Tokimasa as regent.

The only son of the first marriage, Arthur ( 1187 – 1203 ), was styled Earl of Richmond in his mother's lifetime, and on his murder at the hands of his uncle, King John, the earldom was resumed by the crown.

* A son that went with the Pope's emissaries in 1203 to explain heresy accusations against Kulin

Geoffroy's son Arthur did likewise during his reign ( 1186 – 1203 ) until his death, perhaps by assassination under King John's orders.

Gertrude married the Árpád prince Andrew II, younger son of late King Béla III of Hungary, before 1203.

But after his death a woman, Inga of Varteig, whom Håkon had taken as a concubine for a time in 1203, appeared at the Birkebeiner court with an infant son who she claimed was Håkon's son.

When last Tayan Khan was killed after a battle with Genghis Khan in 1203, his son Kuchlug with his remaining Naiman troops fled to the Kara-Khitan.

George is mentioned in prayers dated to 1203 as " king of kings, and caesar of all the East and West ", suggesting that he was still alive and given some titles by his reigning son, but exercised no real power.

In 1203, the 21-year-old Yoriie became extremely ill and weak, and Tokimasa produced a plan whereby Japan would be divided between Minamoto no Sanetomo and Minamoto no Ichiman, Yoriie's son, and very close to the Hōjō, who was planning to become the next shogun.

Ranald, Somerled's son, now ' Lord of the Isles ', in 1203 invited the Benedictine order to establish a new Monastery, and the first ( Benedictine ) Nunnery, on the Columban foundations.

The defeat of the latter, who was taken prisoner at Mirebeau on the first of August 1202, seemed to ensure John's success, but he was abandoned by William des Roches, who in 1203 assisted Philip Augustus in subduing the whole of Anjou.

During the July 1203 siege, Henry was one of eight division generals, the others including Boniface of Montferrat ( the crusade leader ), Doge Enrico Dandolo ( leader of the Venetians ), Louis of Blois ( one of the first nobles to take the cross ), and Henry's own brother, Baldwin of Flanders, who controlled the largest division.

Adolphus III ( d. 1225 ), his successor, received Dithmarschen in fee from the emperor Frederick I, but in 1203 the fortunes of war compelled him to surrender Holstein to Valdemar II of Denmark who mandated Albert of Orlamünde, the cession being confirmed in a Golden bull by the emperor Frederick II in 1214 and the pope in 1217, thus provoking the nobles in Holstein.

Hōjō Tokimasa, who was the father-in-law of the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo, became the first shikken in 1203.

Around 1203, Canute's four sons, who had lived in Swedish royal court, began to claim the throne and Sverker exiled them to Norway.

It was a light car ( 305 kg ), powered by a 1203 cc flat-twin, air-cooled engine designed by Granville Bradshaw ( the man who was also responsible for the ABC Motorcycle ).

There is a tradition that Deoghur or Doulatabad was built in 1203 AD by a Dhangar or herdsman who acquiring by some unusual good fortune vast wealth was named by his brother shepherds Rajah Ram and soon after assumed the rank of a Rajah.

Japan at the time was ruled by the Shikken ( Shogunate Regents ) of the Hōjō clan, who had intermarried with and wrested control from the Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate after his death in 1203.

In 1203, Temüjin defeated the Kerait, who were distracted by the collapse of their own coalition.

Toghrul was killed in 1203 by Naiman soldiers who failed to recognize him as the former was fleeing from a defeat by Genghis Khan.

In 1203, Emeric hindered Cardinal Leo, who was carrying the royal crown Pope Innocent III had bestowed on Kaloyan of Bulgaria, in Hungary.

In 1202 or 1203, Emeric launched an unsuccessful campaign against Kaloyan of Bulgaria, who was supporting Stefan II to reconquer Serbia.

According to Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, a 13th century historian, " there were over 15 great Khalji personalities who ruled from 1203 A. D. onwards over India and were spreading Khorasani Persian and Islamic culture all over northern India and the highlands of North Bengal.

Roman turned his attention to the Cumans, who were threatening Byzantine interests in the Balkan Peninsula, and agreed to come to the assistance of Emperor Alexios III Angelos ( 1195 – 1203 ) and a severe blow was administered to the nomads.

He may have been the Guy de Couci who was castellan of Château de Coucy from 1186 to 1203.

There is a tradition that Deoghur or Daulatabad was built in 1203 AD by a Dhangar or herdsman who, acquiring by some unusual good fortune and vast wealth, was named by his brother shepherds as Rajah Ram and soon after assumed the rank of a Raja.