The 1150s

1153

William IX, Count of Poitiers (died 1156)

William, Count of Poitiers was the first son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.

William IX, Count of Poitiers (died 1156)

1153

David I of Scotland (born 1083)

David I was a 12th century ruler and saint who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of King Malcolm III and Queen …

David I of Scotland (born 1083)

1153

Pope Eugene III (born 1087)

Pope Eugene III, born Bernardo, called Bernardo da Pisa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1145 to his death in 1153. He was the first …

Pope Eugene III (born 1087)

1153

Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles

Óláfr Guðrøðarson was a twelfth-century King of Mann and the Isles. As a younger son of Guðrøðr Crovan, King of Dublin and the Isles, Óláfr witnessed a vicious power struggle betwe…

Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles

1153

Bernard de Tremelay, fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar

Bernard de Tramelay was the fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar, serving from 1152 until his death at the Siege of Ascalon.

Bernard de Tremelay, fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar

1153

Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (born 1130)

Eustace IV ruled the County of Boulogne from 1146 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Stephen of England and Countess Matilda I of Boulogne. When his father seized the E…

Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (born 1130)

1153

Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian and saint (born 1090)

Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist., venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the…

Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian and saint (born 1090)

1152

After an eight-year conflict, Baldwin III of Jerusalem wins sole control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Mel

Baldwin III was the king of Jerusalem from 1143 until his death. Although he only took up sole rule in 1152 and died young, he was the longest-reigning of the 12th-century kings of…

After an eight-year conflict, Baldwin III of Jerusalem wins sole control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Mel

1152

The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine

Henry II was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France, an area that was…

The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine

1152

Matilda of Boulogne (born 1105)

Matilda of Boulogne was the countess of Boulogne in her own right from 1125 and queen of England as the wife of King Stephen from 1135 until her death. She supported Stephen in his…

Matilda of Boulogne (born 1105)

1152

Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (born 1114)

Henry of Scotland was heir apparent to the Kingdom of Alba. He was also the 3rd Earl of Northumbria and the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. He was the son of King David I of Scotland and h…

Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (born 1114)

1151 875 years ago

al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (died 1171)

Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ, better known by his regnal name al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh, was the fourteenth and last caliph of the Fatimid dynasty, and the twenty-fou…

al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (died 1171)

1151 875 years ago

Adeliza of Louvain (born 1103)

Adeliza of Louvain was Queen of England from 1121 to 1135 as the second wife of King Henry I.

Adeliza of Louvain (born 1103)

1151 875 years ago

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (born 1113)

Geoffrey V, called the Fair or Plantagenet, was the count of Anjou and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also duke of Normandy by his marriage claim and conquest, from 1144.

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (born 1113)