the introduction of Christianity to the country. He will visit Estonia for the first time in 1169 or 1170. Hildegard of Bingen, German Benedictine abbess, founds Eibingen Abbey on the opposite bank of the Rhine near Rüdesheim (approximate date). The construction of Liuhe Pagoda (Six Harmonies Pagoda) in Hangzhou, China, is completed during the Song Dynasty. Births August 21 – Philip II, king of France (d. 1223) Albéric Clément, Marshal of France (d. 1191) Albert of Buxhoeven, bishop of Riga (d. 1229) Blacas III, French knight and troubadour (d. 1237) Conrad III, German cleric and bishop (d. 1224) Han (or Gongshu), Chinese empress (d. 1200) Henry I (the Brave), duke of Brabant (d. 1235) Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1197) Henry the Bearded, High Duke of Poland (d. 1238) Hermann von Salza, German nobleman (d. 1239) Ibn Arabi, Andalusian philosopher (d. 1240) Jean Bodel, French poet and writer (d. 1210) Jean de Montmirail, French nobleman (d. 1217) Joan of England, queen of Sicily (d. 1199) Phillipe de Plessis, French Grand Master (d. 1209) Renaud I (or Reginald), French nobleman (d. 1227) Ruben II (or Roupen), Armenian prince (d. 1170) Shizuka Gozen, Japanese court dancer (d. 1211) Theobald Walter, Norman High Sheriff (d. 1206) Waleran III (or Walram), duke of Limburg (d. 1226) William the Breton, French chronicler (d. 1225) Deaths January 24 – William of Ypres, Flemish nobleman (b. 1090) February 7 – Stephen of Armenia, Armenian nobleman (b. 1111) March 27 – Awn al-Din ibn Hubayra, Abbasid vizier (b. 1105) April 11 Ibn al-Tilmidh, Arab physician and calligrapher (b. 1074) Stephen IV, king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1133) September 5 – Nijō, emperor of Japan (b. 1143) December 9 – Malcolm IV, king of Scotland (b. 1141) Adalgott II of Disentis, German abbot and bishop Goswin of Anchin, Flemish Benedictine abbot (b. 1086) Gottfried of Admont, German Benedictine abbot Helias de Say (or Hellias), Norman nobleman John FitzGilbert, Marshal of England (b. 1105) Muhammad al-Idrisi, Arab geographer (b. 1100) Rostislav Glebovich, Kievan prince of Minsk Sibylla of Anjou, countess of Flanders (b. 1112) References