in his name as regent. Genpei War: Prince Mochihito begins a revolt against the Taira clan. In support, Minamoto no Yorimasa sends out a call for aid, and to the monasteries (Enryaku-ji, Mii-dera and others) that Kiyomori has offended. June 20 – Battle of Uji: Mochihito and Minamoto no Yorimasa go into hiding in the Byōdō-in Temple. There, they seek help from the warrior monks to join the battle but are defeated and killed by the Taira forces. September 14 – Battle of Ishibashiyama: Taira forces (3,000 men) under Ōba Kagechika defeat Minamoto no Yoritomo during a night attack near Mount Fuji (modern-day Odawara) but he flees by sea to Chiba. November 10 – Battle of Fujigawa: Minamoto forces (30,000 men) under Minamoto no Yoritomo defeat Taira no Koremori during a night attack near the Fuji River but he escapes safely with the routed army. By topic Culture Alexander Neckam becomes a lecturer in Paris, and writes De Natura Rerum, an early mention of chess (approximate date). Demography Hangzhou, capital of Southern Song China, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Fez in the Almohad Caliphate. Births August 6 – Go-Toba, emperor of Japan (d. 1239) Alfonso II (Berenguer), count of Provence (d. 1209) Berengaria (the Great), queen of Castile and León (d. 1246) Eric X (Knutsson), king of Sweden (approximate date) Fernán Gutiérrez de Castro, Spanish nobleman (d. 1223) Gilbert de Clare, English nobleman (approximate date) Guala de Roniis, Italian priest and bishop (d. 1244) Hawise of Chester, English noblewoman (d. 1143) Ibn Abi Tayyi, Syrian historian and poet (d. 1228) Kambar, Indian Hindu poet and writer (d. 1250) Paulus Hungarus, Hungarian theologian (d. 1241) Philip of Ibelin, Cypriot nobleman and regent (d. 1227) Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, French troubadour (d. 1207) Robert de Bingham, bishop of Salisbury (d. 1246) Robert of Burgate, English nobleman (d. 1220) Simon of Dammartin, French nobleman (d. 1239) Deaths January 23 – Eberhard I, count of Berg-Altena (b. 1140) January 29 – Soběslav II, duke of Bohemia (b. 1128) February 6 – Teresa Fernández de Traba, queen of León March 27 – Al-Mustadi, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (b. 1142) June 20 Minamoto no Yorimasa, Japanese military leader (b. 1106) Mochihito, Japanese prince and son of Go-Shirakawa June 27 – Turan-Shah, Ayyubid emir (prince) of Damascus July 1 – Stephanie (the Unfortunate), Spanish noblewoman August 11 – William of Sens