1169
Events Prince Andrey Bogolyubskiy sacks the Kievan Rus' capital Kiev.Start of the conquest of Ireland. Richard fitzGilbert de Clare ('Strongbow') makes an alliance with the exiled Irish chief, Dermot MacMurrough, to help him recover his kingdom of Leinster.Eleanor of Aquitaine leaves the English court of Henry II to establish her great court in Poitiers where the Courts of Love flourished.Births
DeathsSeptember 10 - Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I of England and Maud of Scotland, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor and Geoffrey of Anjou, mother of Henry II of England.
Heads of states England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189). France - Louis VII, King of France (reigned 1137 - 1180).
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