Timeline September 1213

Events in September 1213 3

• 1178 – 1213 Peter II of Aragon (1178-1213) Died 12 September 1213, aged 35 Peter II, King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona, led an army to support Raymond VI of Toulouse against the Albigensian Crusaders. He was killed at the Battle of Muret fighting Simon de Montfort's forces. His death left the throne to his five-year-old son, James I.
• 1213 Jin emperor Wei assassinated amid Mongol invasion General Hushahu kills Emperor Wei and installs Emperor Xuanzong As Genghis Khan's armies ravaged the Jin dynasty's heartland north of the Yellow River, the Jin general Hushahu assassinated Emperor Wei and placed Wanyan Xun on the throne as Emperor Xuanzong. The coup failed to halt the Mongol advance, and Mongol forces reached the outskirts of the Jin capital Zhongdu later that year. Xuanzong would move the Jin court south to Kaifeng the following year.
• 1213 Battle of Muret Crusader victory ends Aragonese intervention in the Albigensian Crusade Simon de Montfort's crusader army defeated the combined forces of Peter II of Aragon and Raymond VI of Toulouse near Muret in southern France. King Peter II was killed in the fighting, a major blow to resistance against the Albigensian Crusade. The victory consolidated Montfort's control over Toulouse and the Languedoc.