Ruler · 1100 – 1187

Pope Gregory VIII

Lived 1100 – 1187; philosopher, writer. Pope of Papal States, 1187. The atlas files them under Duchy of Naples.

Wikidata's English label: Gregory VIII.

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Lived: 1100 – 1187; 87 years
Lines: 1; Papal States
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Pope

Papal States · the 82nd of 163 dated reigns · 757 – 1878 · read from the line of Vatican City

78 before

Pope Alexander III1159 – 1181

Lucius III1181 – 1185

Urban III1185 – 1187

Pope Gregory VIII1187

Clement III1188 – 1191

Pope Celestine III1191 – 1198

Pope Innocent III1198 – 1216

78 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 1187 · under a year · came to it aged 87

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1187, the year they died

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Wikidata Q101866 (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.