1147

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Events

April - Abd al-Mu'min destroys the Almoravid Empire after capturing Marrakech.
June - Invasion of Wagria by Niklot leads to the Wendish Crusade; the Crusaders force tribute from the Wends, but fail to convert most of the population.
October 21—October 28 - Siege of Lisbon: King Afonso I of Portugal and the Crusaders capture Lisbon from the Moors.
The Second Crusade starts.
October 25 — Battle of Dorylaeum (1147): The Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III.
The city of Moscow is first mentioned in written records.
Dore Abbey is founded.
Hildegard of Bingen founds the convent of Rupertsberg near Bingen.
Roger II of Sicily takes Corfu from the Byzantine Empire, and pillages Corinth, Athens and Thebes.

Births

May 9 — Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
date unknown

Emperor Guangzong of Song (d. 1200)
Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester (d. 1181)
Ibn Qudamah, Islamic scholar (d. 1223)
Shōkū, Buddhist leader (d. 1247)
King Stephen III of Hungary (d. 1172)
Taira no Munemori, Japanese warrior (d. 1185)
Wada Yoshimori, Japanese military commander (d. 1213)

probable - Raimbaut of Orange, troubadour (d. 1173)

Deaths

January 14 — Robert de Craon, second Grand Master of the Knights Templar
September 19 — Igor II of Kiev
October 31 — Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. c. 1090)
date unknown

Alberic of Ostia, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia (b. 1080)
John Capellanus, Scottish bishop
Comita II of Arborea, ruler of Arborea
Eléonore of Blois, Countess of Vermandois (b. 1104)
Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Aquitaine (b. c. 1067)
Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, (b. 1090)
Pietro Polani, 36th Doge of Venice
Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (b. c. 1120)
William II of Nevers, Crusader leader (b. 1098)
William fitz Duncan, Scottish prince

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