* 1218 – Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil.

# Hugh I of Lusignan ( c. 1194 – 1218 )

** Odo III ( 1192 – 1218 )

** Hugh IV ( 1218 – 1272 )

* 1218 – Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician ( b. 1162 )

* 1204 – 1218: Frederick II ( son of, also count of Zollern as Frederick IV )

* 1218 – 1261 / 1262: Conrad I / III ( brother of, also count of Zollern )

The Kara-Khitan Khanate ( Traditional Chinese: 西遼 ; Simplified Chinese: 西辽 ; pinyin: Xī Liáo, 1124 – 1218 ), also known as Western Liao, was established by Yelü Dashi ( 耶律大石 ) who led around 100, 000 Khitan remnants after escaping the Jurchen conquest of their native country, the Khitan dynasty.

The Khitan fled west after their defeat by the Tungusic Jurchens ( later known as Manchus ) and founded the Kara-Khitan or Western Liao dynasty ( 1125 – 1218 ) in eastern Kazakhstan.

* 1186 – Konstantin of Rostov ( d. 1218 )

* 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.

The Selonian stronghold of Sēlpils was briefly the seat of a Selonian diocese ( 1218 – 1226 ), and then came under the rule of the Livonian Order.

* 1218 – Emperor Chukyo of Japan ( d. 1234 )

Otto IV of Brunswick ( 1175 – May 19, 1218 ) was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209 on.

* Frederick IV ( 1204 – 1251 / 1255 ), also Burgrave of Nuremberg ( as Frederick II ) until 1218

* June 29 – King Abel of Denmark ( b. 1218 )

* June 18 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan ( b. 1218 )

* July 15 – Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor ( b. 1218 )

* May 18 – Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod ( d. 1218 )

* 5 terms: Serlo le Mercer ( 1214, 1218 – 1221 )

* September 1 – Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun ( b. 1218 )

* December 24 – John I, Count of Hainaut ( b. 1218 )

* August 22 – Pope Nicholas III ( b. 1218 )

Under Ivan Asen II ( 1218 – 1241 ), Bulgaria once again became a regional power, occupying Belgrade and Albania.

* Otto IV of Brunswick or Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor ( 1175 or 1176 – 1218 ) ruler of the Holy Roman Empire

This process was repeated at Al-Adil's death in 1218, and at his son Al-Kamil's death in 1238.

Yuri II (), also known as George II of Vladimir or Georgy II Vsevolodovich ( 11894 March 1238 ), was the fourth Grand Prince of Vladimir ( 1212 – 1216, 1218 – 1238 ) who presided over Vladimir-Suzdal at the time of the Mongol invasion of Russia.

* Al-Kamil ( 1218 – 1238 )

In 1238, he married Margaret de Quincy ( born 1218 ), daughter of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester and Helen of Galloway.

* The street pavement added by Al-Kamil ( 1218 – 1238 ) whose horse slipped on the original ramp.

Manuel I Megas Komnenos ( Greek: Μανουήλ Α ΄ Μέγας Κομνηνός, Manouēl I Megas Komnēnos ) ( c. 1218 – March 1263 ), Emperor of Trebizond from 1238 to 1263, surnamed the " Great Captain ", was the second son of Alexios I, the first emperor of Trebizond, and Theodora Axuchina.

* Yuri II of Vladimir or George II ( 1212 – 1216, 1218 – 1237 )

Upon Konstantin's death in 1218, Yuri returned to the throne.

Furthermore he claims that Bishop Theoderich, already co-initiator of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Livonia, had the idea of starting a similar order in Estonia ; and that he was the original instigator of the inquiry from Bishop Albert of Buxhoeveden to King Valdemar II in 1218, that set the whole Danish participation in the Baltic crusades in motion.

In 1218, Albert asked King Valdemar II of Denmark for assistance, but Valdemar instead arranged a deal with the Brotherhood and conquered the north of Estonia for Denmark.

He died on 19 May 1218, leaving Frederick II the undisputed emperor.

Babylon did not begin to recover until the reigns of Adad-shuma-usur ( 1218 BC-1189 BC ) and Meli-Shipak II ( 1188 BC-1172 BC ).

In 1218, after Berthold died without an heir, Bern was made a free imperial city by the Goldene Handfeste of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.

Around 1218 his father arranged his marriage with Princess Anna, daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia ; this union with the royal Přemyslid dynasty allowed Henry II to participate actively in international politics.

In 1218, he helped Philip II of France and Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy to bring an end to the War of Succession in France Champagne by invading Lorraine, capturing and burning Nancy, capturing Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine and forcing him to withdraw his support from Erard of Brienne.

* Robert II of Dreux ( 1154 – 1218 )

Nancy was burned in 1218 at the end of the War of Succession of Champagne, and conquered by Emperor Frederick II, then rebuilt in stone over the next few centuries as it grew in importance as the Capital of the Duchy of Lorraine.

In 1218 Albert asked King Valdemar II of Denmark for assistance, but Valdemar instead arranged a deal with the Brotherhood and conquered northern Estonia ( now known as Danish Estonia ) for Denmark.

* 1218 – 1225 Engelbert II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne, Regent of Berg

* Louis II, Count of Loon ( died 1218 )

* The Golden Bull of Berne, supposedly also issued by Frederick II in 1218, but now considered a forgery.

Archbishop Eberhard II of Regensberg was made a prince of the Empire in 1213, and created three new sees: Chiemsee ( 1216 ), Seckau ( 1218 ) and Lavant ( 1225 ).

The last Bulgarian Emperor to govern the whole territory was Ivan Asen II ( 1218 – 1241 ) but after his successors the Bulgarian rule diminished.

At the beginning of 1218 King Andrew II, who was very sick, decided to return to Hungary.

King Andrew II of Hungary visited in 1218 and proclaimed the castle was the " key of the Christian lands ".

When King Andrew II of Hungary, having fulfilled his Crusader vow, took his troops northward in January, 1218, he proceeded through Cilician Armenia.

* Maurice II de Berkeley, 5th feudal Baron Berkeley ( 1218 – 1281 ) Maurice the Resolute