- Jan 8 Pope Celestine III [Giacinto Bobo], Italian pope and friend of Peter Abélard, reigned 1191-98, dies at about 91
- Mar 11 Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)
- Apr 16 Duke Frederick I of Austria
- May 31 Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies
- Nov 27 Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)
- Dec 10 Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)