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Pope Leo IX and the Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicate each other; Final step in the Great Schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches
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Sultan Malik Shah dies; Seljuk empire collapses into civil war.
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She was born Bordeaux in the country of Aquitaine, Her father the future duke of Aquitaine was William X, and her mother was Aenor of Chatellerault.
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Concordat of Worms ends the Investiture Controversy between the Pope and Holy Roman Emperor.
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At 15 she married Louis Vll the King of France. Although she did divorce him then married Henry Plantagenet.
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Louis and Eleanor set out and led an immense army. It included the foot soldiers, lords, ladies, bishops, peasants, beggars, amd ut laws.
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The people who held constantinople lost a decisive battle against the Muslim city of Damascus and the second crusade fell apart.
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Henry and Eleanor sailed across the english channel. the two monarchs were crowned in Westminster Abbey. They called their town "Angevin" that reached frim thr boundary of Scotland to the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains bordering Spain.
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Eleanor gave birth to the future king John; it was her last childbirth.
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The Almohads move their capital to Seville; The Almohad Dynasty has conquered much of North African and consolidated the smaller Islamic kingdoms in Spain
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Last Fatimid caliph of Egypt dies leaving Saladin as effective ruler.
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This was led by Henry's eldest son.Eleanor would gain back Aquitaine. Henry II suspected nothing of the revolt. On February 1173 father and son met as the young Henry demanded England,
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For several years she had been secretly planning a revolt against Henry, all she needed were trustworthy allies. In 1173, she had the three trustworthiest allies she could find, her three oldest sons.
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Her time was spent in the castle in Winchester. She was only allowed to visit Aquitaine at certain times.
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Crusading army under Richard I of England captures Acre and defeats Saladin's army at Arsuf
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