Ruler · 1100 – 1181

Pope Alexander III

Lived 1100 – 1181; writer. Pope of Papal States, 1159 – 1181. The atlas files them under Holy Roman Empire.

Wikidata's English label: Alexander III.

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Lived: 1100 – 1181; 81 years
In office: 22 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Papal States
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Pope

Papal States · the 79th of 163 dated reigns · 757 – 1878 · read from the line of Vatican City

75 before

Pope Eugene III1145 – 1153

Anastasius IV1153 – 1154

Adrian IV1154 – 1159

Pope Alexander III1159 – 1181

Lucius III1181 – 1185

Urban III1185 – 1187

Pope Gregory VIII1187

81 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1159 – 1181 · 22 years · came to it aged 59

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1181, the year they died

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Wikidata Q160116 (CC0) · the reigns from Wikidata's P39 terms, the rulers' own articles read by grammar (sentences quoted above, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Kokkonen & Sundell where they code the line · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.