Major Events
- Jan 8 Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
- Jul 2 Siege of Roche-au-Moine ends, part of King John of England's attempt to reclaim Normandy from France
- Jul 27 Battle of Bouvines: King Philip II of France vs Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV and King John of England; as a result John loses Normandy and his other possessions in France (hence his nickname John "Lackland")
Born in 1214
- Apr 25 Louis IX (Saint Louis), King of France (1226-70), born in Poissy, France (d. 1270)
Who Died in 1214
- Jul 27 Eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in the Battle of Bouvines
- Jul 27 Stefan van Longchamp, French knight, dies in the Battle of Bouvines
- Sep 14 Albert Avogadro, Italian patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1149)
- Oct 6 Alfonso VIII the Noble, King of Castile and Toledo (1158-1214), dies at 58
- Oct 31 Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, dies at 53
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