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Famous People Who Died in 1296

  • Feb 8 Przemysł II, King of Poland (1295-96), dies at 38
  • May 19 Celestine V [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies
  • Jun 5 Edmund Crouchback, English prince and son of Henry III of England, dies at 51
  • Jun 27 Floris V, Count of Holland & Zeeland, murdered after being captured by local lords in a conspiracy encouraged by the English crown at 41
  • Sep 28 Adolf VIII, Count of Berg (1259-96), dies imprisoned at about 56
  • Nov 1 Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)