1249 ), married January 1, 1218 Bohemund IV of Antioch

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

The Zähringer dynasty ended with the death of Berchtold V in 1218, and their cities subsequently became reichsfrei ( essentially a city-state within the Holy Roman Empire ), while the dukes of Kyburg competed with the house of Habsburg over control of the rural regions of the former Zähringer territory.

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

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

Peter Waldo, Valdo, Valdes, or Waldes ( c. 1140 – c. 1218 ), also Pierre Vaudès or de Vaux, is credited as the founder of the Waldensians, a Christian spiritual movement of the Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions of southern Europe.

The elder branch of the House of Este, the House of Welf, historically rendered " Guelf " or " Guelph " in English, produced dukes of Bavaria ( 1070 – 1139, 1156 – 1180 ), dukes of Saxony ( 1138 – 1139, 1142 – 1180 ), a German King ( 1198 – 1218 ), and the dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg ( 1208 – 1918 ), later styled the " Electors of Hanover " when two branches of the family recombined in 1705.

1218 / 20 – 23 / 30 April 1247 ), married by 1232 to Bolesław I of Masovia.

# Philip ( 9 September 1209 – July 1218 ), married ( or only betrothed ) in 1217 to Agnes of Donzy.

1167 ), University of Modena ( 1175 ), University of Palencia ( 1208 ), University of Cambridge ( 1209 ), University of Salamanca ( 1218 ), University of Montpellier ( 1220 ), University of Padua ( 1222 ), University of Toulouse ( 1229 ), University of Orleans ( 1235 ), University of Siena ( 1240 ) and University of Coimbra ( 1288 ) began as private corporations of teachers and their pupils.

The Khitan later established the Dahe Confederation ( 618-730 ), the Yaonian Khaganate ( 730-906 ), the Liao Dynasty ( 907-1125 ) and the Kara-Khitan Khanate ( 1124 – 1218 ).

* The northern French city of Troyes issues its first recorded life annuities, confirming the trend of consolidation of local public debts initiated in 1218 by the neighboring city of Reims.

After the war of 1218 the Traversari family was able to impose its rule in the city, which lasted until 1240.

At the time of its incorporation the Village of Cape Vincent had a population of 1218.

To history proper belongs the Song of the Albigensian Crusade, which, in its present state, is composed of two poems one tacked to the other: the first, containing the events from the beginning of the crusade till 1213, is the work of a cleric named William of Tudela, a moderate supporter of the crusaders ; the second, from 1213 to 1218, is by a vehement opponent of the enterprise.

The history of Sables-d ' Olonne has been linked with the Atlantic Ocean ever since its foundation in 1218 from Havre ( harbor ) d ' Olonne by Savary I de Mauléon, the lord of Mauléon, Sénéchal of Poitou and prince of Talmont.

The Mavi Medrese from 1271, the Şifaiye Medresesi from 1218 and the Çifte Minare Medresesi from 1271, with its intricately carved facade and minarets, are among the most noteworthy monuments.

Gök Medresesi ( the Celestial Madrasa ; depicted on the obverse of the Turkish 500 lira banknote of 1927-1939 ) and Mavi Medrese, Sifaiye Medresesi, on the other hand, was completed earlier, on the eve of the second wave of Turkic immigration to Anatolia, in 1218 and the with its intricately carved facade and minarets are among the most noteworthy edifices carries on the traditional Seljuk Medrese plan.

Having recovered its stronghold, and resumed the title of Calatrava ( 1216 ), the order nevertheless removed to more secure quarters of Calatrava la Nueva, eight miles from old Calatrava ( 1218 ).

This office has always been entrusted to a Friar of the Order of Preachers since its first institution with St. Dominic by Pope Honorius III in 1218.

The dynasty Yelü established would last until its conquest by Genghis Khan in 1218.

Almost immediately after the foundation of the village in 1218 a weekly market was held and this continued for centuries: Hindon was noted for its market in the mid and late 16th century.

In 1218 King Andrew II of Hungary visited the fortress protected by the Johannite Order and contributed an annual sum of 1000 silver marks for its upkeep.

1218 ) marked the apogee of Kambuja's power.

The agreement of Sądowel was ratified by a special papal bull issued on 9 May 1218, which further broke down the power of Archbishop Kietlicz.

After the end of steam motive power on the N & W in 1960, J-class 611 and A-class 1218 were used in excursion train service from the early 1980s until the early 1990s.

* 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 )

Simon was killed on 25 June 1218 after maintaining a siege of Toulouse for nine months.

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

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.

Saint Dominic was to establish similar foundations at other university towns of the day, Bologna in 1218, Palencia and Montpellier in 1220, and Oxford just before his death in 1221.

Before that time the friars had only a temporary residence in Rome at the convent of San Sisto Vecchio which Honorius III had given to Dominic circa 1218 intending it to become a convent for a reformation of nuns at Rome under Dominic's guidance.

When Otto died in 1218, Fredrick became the undisputed ruler, and in 1220 was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

* The younger brother, Conrad III, received the burgraviate of Nuremberg from his older brother Frederick IV in 1218, thereby founding the Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern.

De Braose died in exile in 1211, and his grandsons remained in prison until 1218.

After the departure of the Hungarians, the remaining crusaders set about refortifying Caesarea and the Templar fortress of Château Pèlerin throughout the winter of 1217 and spring of 1218.

In the spring of 1218 the Fifth Crusade began in earnest when German crusader fleets landed at Acre.

The siege progressed slowly, and the Egyptian sultan al-Adil died in August 1218, supposedly of shock after the crusaders managed to capture one of Damietta's towers.

In the autumn of 1218 reinforcements arrived from Europe, including the papal legate Pelagius of Albano.

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.

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.

In 1218 Genghis Khan destroyed the Kara-Khitan Kingdom after which the Khitan passed into obscurity.

* 1186 – Konstantin of Rostov ( d. 1218 )

* 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.

* 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.

He became Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals in 1218 or 1219.