Necrology 1240
This is a list of famous people who died in 1240 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 17th | Isabella from Pembroke | English countess, wife of the 5th Earl of Hertford, first wife of Richard of Cornwall | 39 | |
| January 23 | Albert of Pisa | Italian Franciscan | ||
| January 25th | Pilgrim of Prague | Bishop of Prague |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April | Llywelyn from Iorwerth | Prince of Gwynedd in North Wales |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Ekkehard Rabil | Bishop of Merseburg | ||
| 1st of May | Jacob of Vitry | Cardinal and author of a Latin hagiographic report | ||
| May 24th | Skule Bårdsson | Opposite king in Norway |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 24th | Heinrich I of Meissen | Bishop of Meissen | ||
| June | Germanos II Nauplios | Patriarch of Constantinople (1223-1240) |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd of July | John de Lacy, 1st Earl of Lincoln | English magnate | ||
| 24th July | Conrad of Thuringia | Grand Master of the Teutonic Order |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of August | Ludmilla of Bohemia | Bohemian princess and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria | ||
| August 31 | Raimund Nonnatus | Spanish saint and cardinal (?) of the Catholic Church |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 17th | Robert of England | Bishop of Olomouc |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 16 | Muhyī d-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī | islamic mystic | 75 | |
| November 16 | Edmund Rich | Philosopher and theologian |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th of December | Constance of Hungary | second wife of the Bohemian king Ottokar I. |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham ben Samuel ibn Chasdai | Translator and Hebrew poet | |||
| Johannes Dukas Batatzes | Byzantine aristocrat, nephew of Emperor John III. and father-in-law of Emperor Michael VIII. | |||
| John FitzRobert | English nobleman | |||
| Balian Garnier | Count of Sidon | |||
| Methodios II. | Patriarch of Constantinople | |||
| Miroslawa from Pomeranian | Princess of Pomerania and Duchess of Pomerania | |||
| Raziah | Sultana of Delhi | |||
| Serapion | Monk and martyr | |||
| William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey | 5th Earl of Surrey |