Editing 1269

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[[File:Louis IX ou Saint-Louis.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Louis IX of France]] ("the Saint") (1214–1270)]]
Year '''1269''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCLXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa]]: Guelph forces (2,200 men) led by King [[Charles I of Anjou]] defeat the Ghibellines at [[Tuscany]]. After the battle, the Guelphs drive out their adversaries at [[Colle di Val d'Elsa]], destroying their houses, and confiscating their possessions.
* [[June 19]] &ndash; King [[Louis IX of France]] ("the Saint") orders all Jews found in public without an identifying [[yellow badge]] to be fined ten [[French livre|livre]]s of silver. He also confiscates goods from the Jewish population to fund the [[Eighth Crusade]].
* September &ndash; An Aragonese contingent under King [[James I of Aragon|James I]] ("the Conqueror") sails from [[Barcelona]] to the [[Holy Land]] but is caught in a storm and badly damaged. One squadron reaches [[Acre, Israel|Acre]], but later returns to [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]].
* King [[Ottokar II of Bohemia]] inherits [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]] and part of [[March of Carniola|Carniola]], making him the most powerful German prince within the [[Holy Roman Empire]]; the empire lacking an emperor during the ongoing “[[Interregnum (Holy Roman Empire)|Great Interregnum]]”.

==== Britain ====
* Prince [[Edward I of England|Edward]] (the Lord Edward) of England obtains the right to levy a twentieth of the value of the Church's wealth to finance the [[Lord Edward's crusade|Ninth Crusade]]. That sum turns out to be insufficient, and Edward has to borrow to reach his target.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ferris|first=Eleanor|title=The Financial Relations of the Knights Templars to the English Crown|journal=American Historical Review|year=1902|volume=8|issue=1}}</ref>
* [[John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch]], begins the construction of [[Blair Castle]] in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]].

==== Africa ====
* [[September 8]] &ndash; Berber forces of the [[Marinid Sultanate]] under [[Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq]] complete the conquest of [[Morocco]] and capture [[Marrakesh]] after a long siege, effectively ending the [[Almohad Caliphate]]. The last Almohad ruler, [[Idris al-Wathiq]] (or Abu Dabbus), is assassinated by a slave. The Marinids become the new masters of the western [[Maghreb]] and Abu Yusuf Yaqub takes up the title of "Prince of the Muslims".<ref>Abun-Nasir, Jamil (1987). ''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'', pp. 103–118. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0521337674}}.</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* March &ndash; [[Ode de Pougy]], French [[Abbess of Notre Dame aux Nonnains]], and several associates who assist her, are [[excommunicated]].
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Opizzo Fieschi]], Latin patriarch of [[Latin Patriarchate of Antioch|Antioch]], is exiled, being displaced because of the [[East–West Schism]] of [[1054]].

==== Science ====
* [[Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt]], French mathematician and writer, performs a series of experiments with [[Magnet|magnetic poles]] and proposes that a machine can be run forever in [[perpetual motion]] using the properties of magnets.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Louis III, Duke of Bavaria]], German nobleman, knight and regent (d. [[1296]])
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar|Eleanor of England]], English princess  (d. [[1298]])
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Emperor Duanzong]] (or Zhao Shi) of China (d. [[1278]])
* November &ndash; [[Philip of Artois]], French nobleman and knight (d. 1298)
* [[Alexander of San Elpidio]], Italian friar and bishop (d. [[1326]])
* [[Frederick Tuta]], German [[Nobility|nobleman]] and [[regent]] (d. [[1291]]) 
* [[Huang Gongwang]] (or Lu Jian), Chinese painter (d. [[1354]])
* [[Nichizō]], Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] monk and disciple (d. [[1342]])

== Deaths ==
* April &ndash; [[Geoffrey of Sergines]], French nobleman and knight (b. [[1205]])
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Saionji Saneuji]], Japanese poet and writer (b. [[1194]])
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Giordano Pironti]], Italian aristocrat and cardinal 
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia]], German nobleman and knight (b. [[1220]])
* [[Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari]], Moorish poet and writer (b. [[1212]])
* [[Albin of Brechin]] (or Albinus), Scottish [[prelate]] and bishop
* [[Constance of Aragon, Lady of Villena]], Spanish princess ([[Infante|''infanta'']]) (b. [[1239]])
* [[Ebulo de Montibus]], Savoyan nobleman and knight (b. [[1230]])
* [[Gregorio di Montelongo]], Italian bishop of [[Latin Diocese of Tripoli|Tripoli]] (b. [[1200]])
* [[Guigues VII of Viennois|Guigues VII]], French ruler ([[Dauphin of France|''dauphin'']]) of [[Vienne, Isère|Viennois]] (b. [[1225]])
* [[Idris al-Wathiq]] (or Abu Dabbus), Almohad ruler (''[[caliph]]'') 
* [[John Lestrange]], English landowner, knight and border lord (b. 1194)
* [[Liu Kezhuang]], Chinese poet and literary critic (b. [[1187]])
* [[Oberto Pallavicino]], Italian nobleman ([[Signoria|''signore'']]) and field captain (b. [[1197]])
* [[Vasylko Romanovych]], Grand Prince of [[Principality of Kiev|Kiev]] (b. [[1203]])
* [[William (III) de Beauchamp]], English nobleman (b. [[1215]])

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