Emperor
Manuel I (Komnenos) asks
Venice to help pay the costs of defending
Sicily, whose Norman rulers have had good relations with Venice. Doge
Vitale II Michiel refuses to pay the requested subsidy. Manuel begins to cultivate relationships with the main commercial rivals of Venice:
Genoa and
Pisa. He grants them their own trade quarters in
Constantinople, very near the Venetian settlements.
Autumn – Emperor
Frederick I (Barbarossa) begins his fourth Italian campaign, hoping to secure the claim of Antipope
Paschal III in
Rome and the coronation of his wife
Beatrice I as Holy Roman Empress.
Diarmaid mac Murchadha is exiled and goes to
Normandy, and the court of King
Henry II to ask for assistance in retaking his kingdom. Henry gives him permission to find a willing army from either
England or
Wales.
Emperor
Manuel I (Komnenos) asks
Venice to help pay the costs of defending
Sicily, whose Norman rulers have had good relations with Venice. Doge
Vitale II Michiel refuses to pay the requested subsidy. Manuel begins to cultivate relationships with the main commercial rivals of Venice:
Genoa and
Pisa. He grants them their own trade quarters in
Constantinople, very near the Venetian settlements.
Autumn – Emperor
Frederick I (Barbarossa) begins his fourth Italian campaign, hoping to secure the claim of Antipope
Paschal III in
Rome and the coronation of his wife
Beatrice I as Holy Roman Empress.
Diarmaid mac Murchadha is exiled and goes to
Normandy, and the court of King
Henry II to ask for assistance in retaking his kingdom. Henry gives him permission to find a willing army from either
England or
Wales.