What is 1144?
{{Year nav|1144}} {{Year in various calendars|1144}} {{Year article header|1144}} == Events == * [[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]] surrenders to [[Pope Celestine II]] and so received a blessing from the [[pope]] * [[March 12]] — [[Pope Lucius II]] becomes Pope over [[Pope Celestine II]] as the 166th [[pope]]. * [[December 24]] — [[County of Edessa]] is beaten by [[Zengi]] (see [[Siege of Edessa]]). * [[Montauban]], [[France]], is started. * [[Normandy]] comes under [[Angevin]] control through [[Geoffrey of Anjou]]. * [[Giordano Pierleoni]] starts the revolutionary [[Commune of Rome]]. * [[Manuel I Comnenus]] brings [[Raymond of Antioch|Raymond]], [[Principality of Antioch|Prince of Antioch]], under [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] influence. * The [[Priory]] in [[Lesmahagow]] is started by [[Benedictine|Benedictine monks]]. == Births == * [[Bohemund III of Antioch]] (d. [[1201]]) == Deaths == * [[March 8]] — [[Pope Celestine II]] * September — [[Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex]] [[Category:1144| ]]