* 1172 – Stephen III of Hungary ( b. 1147 )

Considered by the Curia as an expert on Spain, Giacinto conducted two legatine missions to Spain in ( 1154 – 55 ) and ( 1172 – 75 ) as Cardinal Deacon of St. Maria at Cosmedin.

During the Song Dynasty ( AD 960 – 1279 ) Shanghai was upgraded in status from a village to a market town in 1074, and in 1172 a second sea wall was built to stabilize the ocean coastline, supplementing an earlier dyke.

* Stephen III of Hungary ( 1147 – 1172 ), King of Hungary and Croatia

Silesia in an early period of Piast Poland # Fragmentation and Invasion, ( 1146-1295 ) | Poland's fragmentation, 1172 – 1177

* 1205 — The Battle of Adrianople occurred on April 14, 1205 between Bulgarians under Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and Crusaders under Baldwin I, ( July 1172 – 1205 ), the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.

# Conrad II, Duke of Swabia and Rothenburg ( February / March 1172 – killed, Durlach, 15 August 1196 ).

** Richenza ( 1172 – 1204 ), also called Matilda, married Godfrey, Count of Perche, and Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy

During the old king's last days he had promised the Marshal the hand and estates of Isabel de Clare ( c. 1172 – 1220 ), but had not completed the arrangements.

* Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke ( 1172 – 1220 )

The following reconstruction works were undertaken at the behest of Doge Sebastiano Ziani ( 1172 – 1178 ).

* Baldwin I of Constantinople ( also Baldwin IX of Flanders and Baldwin VI, Count of Hainaut, 1172 – 1205 )

Baldwin I ( July 1172 – ), the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI Count of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine Empire ( then called the " Empire of Romania " by westerners ), and the foundation of the Latin Empire, also known as Romania ( not to be confused with the modern state Romania ).

* Baldwin I of Constantinople ( 1172 – 1205 )

* William III of Ponthieu ( c. 1095 – 1172 )

The first mention of the city of Požega is found in the Gesta Hungarorum, by an anonymous notary of Bela III ( 1172 – 1196 ) where he mentions the conquest of three forts in Slavonia-as the area between rivers Danube and Sutla was then called: Zagreb, Vlco ( Vukovar ) and Posega.

* The Godehardikirche ( St. Godehard's Church ), built 1133 – 1172, a Romanesque basilica minor, which is scheduled to become an UNESCO World Heritage Site in the near future.

# Henry, Prince of Capua ( b. 1158 – d. 1172 ).

The Jurchen Jin Dynasty ( 1115 – 1234 ) bestowed the title " the King Who Makes the Nation Prosperous and Answers with Miracles " ( 興國靈應王, Xingguo Lingying Wang ) on the mountain god in 1172 and it was promoted to " the Emperor Who Cleared the Sky with Tremendous Sagehood " ( 開天宏聖帝, Kaitian Hongsheng Emperor ) in 1193.

* Ludwig III of Thuringia ( ruled 1172 – 1190 ), see Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia

* Stephen III of Hungary ( 1147 – 1172 ), eldest son of King Geza II

** Third son: Imperial Prince Koreaki ( 惟明親王 ) ( 1172 – 1121 ), later Imperial Prince and Monk Shōen ( 聖円入道親王 )

* 1181 – 1232 Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester ( c. 1172 – 1232 )

This was followed in 1172 by the invasion of King Henry II of England, commencing English royal involvement.

Nonetheless, he confirmed the position of Henry as Lord of Ireland in 1172.

Henry and Rhys met once more at Laugharne as Henry returned from Ireland in 1172, and shortly afterwards Henry appointed Rhys " justice on his behalf in all Deheubarth ".

They were formally married on 27 August 1172 at Winchester Cathedral, when Henry was crowned king of England a second time, this time together with Margaret, by Rotrou, the archbishop of Rouen.

Hugh took part in the Norman Invasion of Ireland and in 1172 was made lord of Meath in Ireland ; he spent much time away from Ludlow, and when he was reconfirmed as Lord of Meath in 1177 Henry II took the castle from him, possibly to ensure that Hugh stay loyal while in Ireland.

The death of her younger nephew Henry of Capua in 1172 made Constance heiress presumptive to the Sicilian crown, after her elder nephew King William II, who did not marry until 1177, and whose marriage remained childless.

During the 12th century, 1172 A. D., Diarmait Mac Murchada, in his fight for the position of Ard Righ, requested King Henry II of England for his assistance.

As Arnold of Lübeck reports in his Chronica Slavorum, he was present at the meeting of Henry the Lion with Kilij-Arslan during the former's pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1172.

Henry II, King of England, after due penance done in Avranches on 21 May 1172, was absolved from the censures incurred by the assassination of the holy prelate, and reached the Compromise of Avranches with the Church, swearing fidelity to Pope Alexander III in the person of the papal legate.

With the arrival of the Anglo / Cambro-Normans in 1169, the territory of the old Gaelic kingdom of Meath was granted in around 1172 to Hugh de Lacy by Henry II, King of England.

Henry II visited it in 1172 on his return from Ireland and made peace with Prince Rhys of Dinefwr.

Henry II ( Plantagenet ) held a parley with Rhys ap Gruffydd at Laugharne Castle in 1172.

In 1172, having prepared his fleet and army in the mouth of the Pembroke River, Henry II of England sailed from the haven for the Norman invasion of Ireland.

They were: Geoffrey Plantagenet ( 1158 – 1186 ), son of Henry II of England ; Ranulph de Blondeville, Earl of Chester ( c. 1172 – 1232 ), the marriage with whom Constance treated as null on the ground of consanguinity ; and Guy de Thouars ( d. 1213 ), who survived his wife for twelve years.

The Synod of Cashel of 1172 was organised by Henry II of England.

The stone Castle Keep was built between 1172 and 1177 by Henry II on the site of Curthose's castle.

Henry II replaced it with a rectangular stone keep, which was built between 1172 and 1177 at a cost of £ 1, 444.

* Matilda FitzRoy, Abbess of Montvilliers ( ca 1102-ca 1172 ), daughter of Henry I of England and Isabel de Beaumont

In 1172, following the subjugation of the Pale in Ireland, Henry III gave Bristolians the right to reside in and trade from Dublin.

Henry the young was crowned King of England in 1170 though he never actually ruled ; Richard the Lionheart became Duke of Aquitaine in 1172 ; Geoffrey became Duke of Brittany in 1181 ; John became Lord of Ireland in 1185 ; while Leonora ( born in 1161 ) was promised to Alfonso VII with Gascony as dowry during the campaign against Toulouse in 1170.

In 1172 he accompanied King Henry II in the Irish Expedition to County Wexford.