Doukas Komnenos, military governor (doux) of Cyprus. Amalric enters the Byzantine capital and is welcomed by Manuel I. In June, a treaty is signed, Amalric recognizes Manuel's suzerainty over Jerusalem. Egypt September 13 – Caliph Al-Adid dies of natural causes (or poisoning) after a 11-year reign. Saladin overthrows the Fatimid Caliphate, and takes over as governor (atabeg) of Egypt – ruling in the name of Emir Nur al-Din. September 25 – Saladin leads an Egyptian army to take part in a joint attack on the Crusader castles Kerak and Montréal, south of the Dead Sea. In November, Saladin withdraws his forces to Cairo to suppress a coup. Asia Yesugei (Baghatur), Mongol chieftain, arranges a marriage between his 9-year-old son Temujin (Genghis Khan) and the daughter of the chief of a nearby clan, Börte. He is poisoned by the Tatars while sharing a meal during the wedding. Births August 15 – Alfonso IX, king of León and Galicia (d. 1230) Agnes of France (or Anna), Byzantine empress (d. 1220) Al-Aziz Uthman, Egyptian ruler and son of Saladin (d. 1198) Matilda of Chester (or Maud), English noblewoman (d. 1233) Minamoto no Michitomo, Japanese nobleman (d. 1227) Muhammad Aufi, Persian historian and philologist (d. 1242) Saionji Kintsune, Japanese nobleman and poet (d. 1244) Stephen de Segrave, English Chief Justiciar (d. 1241) Deaths February 20 – Conan IV (the Young), duke of Brittany (b. 1138) March 29 – Achard of Saint Victor, Norman bishop (b. 1100) April 3 – Philip of Milly, French nobleman and knight (b. 1120) May 1 – Diarmaid mac Murchadha, king of Leinster (b. 1110) June 9 – Jacob ben Meir Tam, French Jewish rabbi (b. 1100) August 8 – Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (b. 1096) September 13 – Al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (b. 1151) November 8 – Baldwin IV, count of Hainaut (b. 1108) December 27 – Petrus Ua Mórda, bishop of Clonfert Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali, Zirid ruler (b. 1109) Ascall mac Ragnaill (or Torcaill), king of Dublin Gleb of Kiev (Yuryevich), Grand Prince of Kiev Iorwerth Goch ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman Narathu, ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (b. 1118) Vladimir III Mstislavich, Grand Prince of Kiev William de Courcy, Norman nobleman and knight Yesugei (Baghatur), Mongol chieftain (b. 1134) References