What is 1169?
{{Year nav|1169}} {{Year in various calendars|1169}} {{Year article header|1169}} == Events == * [[Nur ad-Din]] invades Egypt, and his nephew [[Saladin]] becomes the [[sultan]] over the territory conquered by Nur ad-Din. * [[Prince Andrey Bogolyubskiy]] sacks the [[Kievan Rus']] capital [[Kiev]]. * Start of the conquest of Ireland. [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke|Richard fitzGilbert de Clare]] ('Strongbow') makes an alliance with the exiled Irish chief, [[Diarmait Mac Murchada|Dermot MacMurrough]], to help him recover his kingdom of [[Leinster]]. * [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] leaves the English court of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] to establish her great court in [[Poitiers]] where the Courts of Love flourished. [[Category:1169| ]]