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{{Year nav|1157}} {{Year in various calendars|1157}} {{Year article header|1157}} == Births == * [[September 8]] – King [[Richard I of England]] (died [[1199]]) * [[Leopold V of Austria (Babenberg)|Leopold V of Austria]] (died [[1194]]) * [[Hojo Masako]], wife of [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] (died [[1225]]) == Deaths == * [[May 15]]—[[Yury Dolgoruky]], Russian prince (b. c. [[1099]]) * [[August 21]]—King [[Alfonso VII of Castile]] (b. [[1105]]) * [[Agnes of Babenberg]], daughter of [[Leopold III of Austria (Babenberg)|Leopold III of Austria]] (b. 1111) * [[Eystein II of Norway]], king of [[Norway]], (b. c. [[1125]]) * [[Sweyn III of Denmark]], king of [[Denmark]] (b. c. [[1125]]) == Events == * [[June 11]] [[Albert I of Brandenburg]], also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), became the founder of the [[Margraviate]] of [[Brandenburg]], Germany and the first [[Margrave]] * [[23 October]] — [[Battle of Grathe Heath]]. A civil war in [[Denmark]] ended with the death of king [[Sweyn III]]. [[Valdemar I]] became king of all Denmark and restored and rebuild the country. [[Category:1157| ]]