Pope Innocent III (r. 1198–1216) created 41 cardinals in ten consistories that he conducted throughout his pontificate. This included - in his first allocation in late 1198 - a future successor.
December 1198 Ugolino dei Conti di Segni Gérard O. Cist.
December 1200
Gregorio Benedetto, Cardinal-priest of Porto e Santa Rufina Can. Reg. Matteo Giovanni dei Conti di Segni
December 1202 Roger Gualterio Raoul de Neuville
1205
Nicola de Romanis
Giovanni da Ferentino Guala Bicchieri Can. Reg. Ottaviano dei Conti di Segni
Giovanni Paio Galvão O.S.B. Stephen Langton
March 1206 Siegfried von Eppstein
1207 Pietro O.S.B. Cas. Mauro
June 1211 Gerardo da Sesso O.Cist.
18 February 1212
Angelo Giovanni Colonna Pierre Duacensis Bertrando O.Cist. Robert Curzon
1213 Rainiero Can. Reg.
1216
Raniero Capocci O.Cist. Romano Bonaventura Stefano Normandis dei Conti Tommaso da Capua O.S.B. Cas.
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