Saladin's eldest son, al-Afdal was born in 1170 and Uthman was born in 1172 to Shamsa who accompanied Saladin to Syria.

The implications of all this only seems to have sunk in after Henry's departure in April 1172 and to this end Ua Conchobair sent Ua Tuathail — accompanied by Catholicus, Abbot of Clonfert — to London to negotiate a settlement with Henry.

* 1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.

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

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

* King Stephen III of Hungary ( d. 1172 )

It was besieged in 1172 and again in 1174 by William the Lion, King of Scotland and William was captured outside the walls during the Battle of Alnwick.

From 1172 the Lordship of Ireland gave the King of England the additional title " Dominus Hibernie " ( sic, for Hiberniae ; also " Dominus Hybernie "), Lord of Ireland.

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.

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

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.

Béla, Croatian: Bela III., Slovak: Belo III ) ( c. 1148 – 23 April 1196 ) was King of Hungary and Croatia ( 1172 – 1196 ).

When his brother, King Stephen III died childless on 4 March 1172, Béla became his rightful heir.

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.

The keep was built on the site of a large ring work fortification that was burnt down in 1172 and rebuilt in 1173, following attacks by the Gaelic King of Connacht, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair Rory O ' Connor.

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.

The abbey was founded in 1172 by Dermot MacCormac MacCarthy, King of Desmond.

In 1172, Leopold married Helena, a daughter of King Géza II of Hungary.

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.

*( 2 ) Maud FitzEdith, daughter of Robert FitzEdith, Lord Okehampton ( d. 1172 ) ( illegitimate son of Henry I, King of England by Edith FitzForne ).

* Eric, prince around 1172, grandson of King Eric " IX " and grandfather of King Canute II, known as Eric Philipson

When, however, the Galicians threatened to kill his wife, Vladimir Yaroslavich took her and fled to King Béla III of Hungary ( 1172 – 1196 ).

In order to please the French King, Henry II had his son and Margaret crowned together in Winchester Cathedral on 27 August 1172.

* King Stephen III of Hungary ( 1147 – 4 March 1172 ).

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.

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

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.

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 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.

He left one daughter and sole-heiress Grace de Tracy who married John de Sudeley, They had two children: Ralph de Sudeley ( d. 1192 ), the eldest, who became his father's heir, and Sir William II " de Tracy " ( d. post 1172 ), who inherited his mother's barony of Bradninch and assumed her family name in lieu of his patronymic.

In the 12th century the foundations of Venice's power were laid: the Venetian Arsenal was under construction in 1104 ; the last autocratic doge, Vital II Michele, died in 1172.

In 1172 Count Girard II bequeathed his lands to the Counts of Barcelona.

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

To ensure that his brothers would not inherit his territories, in his will Girard II left all his lands to Alfonso II of Aragon, who took possession in 1172.

* Girard II of Roussillon ( died 1172 ), count of Roussillon

He left one daughter and sole-heiress Grace de Tracy who married John de Sudeley, They had two children: Ralph de Sudeley ( d. 1192 ), the eldest, who became his father's heir, and Sir William II " de Tracy " ( d. post 1172 ), who inherited his mother's barony of Bradninch and assumed her family name in lieu of his patronymic.

In 1172 the sons of the Silesian Piast Duke Władysław II the Exile divided their heritage, and Cieszyn fell to Mieszko I of Racibórz and his Duchy of Racibórz.

Mstislav II Izyaslavich ( Мстислав Изяславич in Russian ) ( died 1172 ), Kniaz ' ( Prince ) of Pereyaslav, Volodymyr-Volynsky and Velikiy Kniaz ( Grand Prince ) of Kiev ( 1167 – 1169, 1170 ).