father Abu Yaqub Yusuf is killed in Portugal. Levant Saladin sends his nephew Izz al-Din Usama, governor (emir) of the iron-rich mountains near Beirut, to build Ajloun Castle, which controls the trade along the road between Damascus and Egypt. Asia February 19 – Second Battle of Uji: Japanese forces under Minamoto no Yoshinaka are defeated by his cousins, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Minamoto no Yoritomo, for the control of Japan. February 21 – Battle of Awazu: Minamoto no Yoshinaka is killed during a pursuit by his cousin's armies. He is joined by his foster brother Imai Kanehira, who commits suicide. March 20 – Battle of Ichi-no-Tani: Japanese forces under Minamoto no Noriyori defeat the Taira clan at Ikuta Shrine in the woods of Settsu Province during the Genpei War. By topic Religion The papal bull Ad Abolendam is issued against several European heretical groups: the Cathars, the Waldensians, the Patarines, Josephines and the Humiliati. It is created after a landmark meeting in Verona, between the Holy Roman Empire under Frederick I and the Catholic Church under Pope Lucius III. Births April 11 – William Longsword, lord of Lüneburg (d. 1213) Ahmad al-Tifashi, Almohad poet and anthologist (d. 1253) Eleanor (Beauty of Brittany), English countess (d. 1241) Fujiwara no Hideyoshi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1240) Guigues VI, count of Albon (House of Burgundy) (d. 1237) Jutta of Thuringia, margravine of Meissen (d. 1235) William of Modena, Italian bishop and diplomat (d. 1251) Deaths January 2 – Theodora Komnene, duchess of Austria January 13 – Gerard la Pucelle, English bishop (b. 1117) February 16 – Richard of Dover, English archbishop February 21 Imai Kanehira, Japanese military leader (b. 1152) Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1154) March 27 – George III, king of Georgia (House of Bagrationi) March 28 – Eckebert (or Egbert), German Benedictine abbot June 15 – Magnus V (Erlingsson), king of Norway (b. 1156) July 29 – Abu Yaqub Yusuf, Almohad caliph (emir) (b. 1135) September 30 – Arnold of Torroja, Catalan Grand Master October 24 – Siegfried, prince-archbishop of Bremen (b. 1132) November 15 Beatrice I, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1143) William de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Warwick November 18 – Josceline de Bohon, English bishop (b. 1111) December 17 – Simon de Tosny, Norman-Scottish bishop Abu al-Bayan ibn al-Mudawwar, Jewish physician (b. 1101) Agnes of Antioch, queen of Hungary (approximate date) Aindréas of Caithness, Gaelic-Scottish monk and bishop