Editing 1169 (section)

==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Gerald the Fearless]], Portuguese warrior and knight, receives the support of King [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]] ("the Great"). The Almohad caliph, [[Abu Yaqub Yusuf]], manages to broker an alliance with King [[Ferdinand II of León|Ferdinand II]] against Afonso. The allies manage to besiege [[Badajoz]], and finally take both Afonso and Gerald prisoner.<ref>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman, VIIIe-XIIIe siècle: L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=110}}</ref>
* King [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]] sign a peace treaty which includes the betrothal of their respective heirs, the 11-year-old [[Richard I of England|Richard I]] and the 8-year-old [[Alys of France, Countess of the Vexin|Alys of France]] (or Alice).<ref>{{cite book|title=King John|first=W. L.|last=Warren|publisher=University of California Press|year=1961|page=37}}</ref>
* [[Andrey Bogolyubsky]], Grand Prince of [[Vladimir-Suzdal]], sacks [[Kyiv|Kiev]] (with help from allies) and makes [[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]] the capital of [[Kievan Rus']]. He installs relatives on the throne at Kiev.
* During the Swedish power struggle, [[Boleslaw of Sweden|Boleslaw]] is killed, but his brother [[Kol of Sweden|Kol]] continues as ruler of [[Östergötland]] (until [[1173]]), in opposition to King [[Knut Eriksson]] of [[Sweden]]. 
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[1169 Sicily earthquake]]: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of around 7 strikes the eastern coast of [[Sicily]], causing an estimated 15,000 deaths.
* [[Stephen III of Hungary]] concludes a [[Concordat of 1169|concordat]] with [[Pope Alexander III]], renouncing his right of [[investiture]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Makk |first=Ferenc |year=1989 |title=The Árpáds and the Comneni: Political Relations between Hungary and Byzantium in the 12th century (Translated by György Novák)|publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |pages=105–106|isbn=963-05-5268-X }}</ref>