What Happened in 1268

Major Events

  • Feb 18 The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor.
  • May 18 The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch
  • Oct 29 Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the German Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed with Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily

Who Died in 1268

  • Oct 15 Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies
  • Oct 19 Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded
  • Oct 29 Conradin, Last Duke of Swabia (1254-68) and son of Conrad IV of Germany, captured and beheaded in Naples at 16
  • Oct 29 Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (beheaded) (b. 1249)
  • Nov 29 Clement IV [Guido Fulcodi], Pope (1265-68), dies



World Leaders in 1268