Ruler · 937 – 964

Pope John XII

Lived 937 – 964; ruler, writer. Pope of Papal States, 955 – 964.

Wikidata's English label: John XII.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 937 – 964; 27 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Papal States
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Pope

Papal States · the 39th of 163 dated reigns · 757 – 1878 · read from the line of Vatican City

35 before

Stephen VIII939 – 942

Marinus II942 – 946

Agapetus II946 – 955

Pope John XII955 – 964

Benedict V964

Leo VIII964 – 965

John XIII965 – 972

121 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 955 – 964 · 9 years · came to it aged 18

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; stroke

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