Genoa, Pisa and Venice finance their expanding trade within and outside Europe – trade which includes an arms industry for manufactures and merchants alike (approximate date). October 24 – Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona, conquers Lleida from the Almoravids, after a siege of seven months (as well as Fraga and Mequinenza). Åhus, in present-day Sweden, gains city rights (approximate date). England Spring – King Stephen besieges Worcester, but is unable to capture the castle due to its strong defences. He expels William de Beauchamp, lord of the city. Stephen builds two forts near the castle to assist in the attack. March – The 16-year-old Henry of Anjou, eldest son of Queen Matilda, lands in England in a second attempt to take the English throne from Stephen. He travels up via Salisbury and Gloucester north to Carlisle (Scotland). May 22 – Henry of Anjou is knighted at Carlisle by King David I. Henry acknowledges the Scottish king's right to Northumberland. By topic Commerce Genoa grants the benefits of a part of the city's fiscal revenues to a consortium of creditors called compera, the first example of the consolidation of public debt in medieval Europe. Religion April 8 – Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Tusculum where he meets Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He attempts to reunite the couple by insisting to restore the love between them. Births Albert of Vercelli, patriarch of Jerusalem (d. 1214) Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah, Fatimid caliph (d. 1160) Choe Chung-heon, Korean ruler of Goryeo (d. 1219) Fujiwara no Kanezane, Japanese nobleman (d. 1207) Majd al-Din ibn Athir, Zangid historian (d. 1210) Margaritus of Brindisi, Sicilian admiral (d. 1197) Minamoto no Michichika, Japanese nobleman (d. 1202) Muhammad of Ghor, ruler of the Ghurid Empire (d. 1206) Odon of Poznań, duke of Greater Poland (d. 1194) Shikishi, Japanese princess, poet and nun (d. 1201) Deaths January 15 – Berengaria of Barcelona, queen of Castile (b. 1116) March 10 – Reginald I (the One-Eyed), count of Bar April 24 – Petronille de Chemillé, French abbess May 8 – Bernard du Bec, French Benedictine abbot June 29 – Raymond of Poitiers, prince of Antioch August 28 – Mu'in al-Din Unur, Seljuk ruler of Damascus September 30 – Arnaud de Lévezou, French archbishop October 8 – Al-Hafiz, caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate Joseph ibn Tzaddik, Spanish Jewish rabbi and poet Machig Labdrön, Tibetan Buddhist teacher (b.