Deaths

• Kolbeinn Tumason
  Kolbeinn Tumason
  Kolbeinn Tumason was a member of the Ásbirningar family clan, and was one of the most powerful chieftains in Iceland around the turn of the 12th century. His power was probably at its height around 1200 AD. Kolbeinn used his influence to ensure that men in his favour received positions of power...
  
   (born 1173), Icelandic, dies following the Battle of Víðines
  Battle of Víðines
  The Battle of Víðines was a conflict that took place between secular and clerical forces in early 13th century Iceland.The Catholic bishop Guðmundur Arason had defended the exclusive judicial powers of the Church over its own members, the clergy, against the secular powers of the Icelandic goði...
  
  , composing Heyr himna smiður (Hear, Heavenly Creator) on his deathbed
• Guiot de Provins
  Guiot de Provins
  Guiot de Provins was a French poet and trouvère from the town of Provins in the Champagne area. A declining number of scholars identify him with Kyot the Provençal, the alleged writer of the source material used by Wolfram von Eschenbach for his romance Parzival, but most others consider such a...
  
   died sometime after 1208 (born unknown), French poet and Trouvère
  Trouvère
  Trouvère , sometimes spelled trouveur , is the Northern French form of the word trobador . It refers to poet-composers who were roughly contemporary with and influenced by the troubadours but who composed their works in the northern dialects of France...