Rhys gave Gerald and Archbishop Baldwin a great deal of assistance when they visited Wales to raise troops for the crusade in 1188, and Gerald several times refers to his " kindness " and says that Rhys accompanied them all the way from Cardigan to the northern border of Ceredigion " with a liberality peculiarly praiseworthy in so illustrious a prince ".

Having thus demonstrated his usefulness, Gerald was selected to accompany the Archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin of Forde, on a tour of Wales in 1188, the object being a recruitment campaign for the Third Crusade.

The very minor remains of a mediaeval castle ( known variously as Castell Deudraeth, Castell Gwain Goch and Castell Aber Iâ ) are in the woods just outside the village, recorded by Giraldus Cambrensis ( Gerald of Wales ) in 1188.

In 1188, Gerald of Wales, after having traveled in Ireland, argued that the " unnatural " generation of barnacle geese was evidence for the Immaculate Conception.

Gerald encountered and described this relic first-hand while travelling through Wales in 1188.

Gerald of Wales writing in his account of a journey around Wales in 1188 states he slept at Nefyn on the eve of Palm Sunday.

* Gerald IV Trancaléon 1188 – 1215

Rhodri and his family are mentioned in Descriptio Cambriae by Gerald of Wales which was written in c. 1188 and recounts his journey around Wales raising support for the Third Crusade.

Giraldus Cambrensis, who was related to Rhys, gives an account of his meetings with Rhys in 1188 when Giraldus accompanied Archbishop Baldwin around Wales to raise men for the Third Crusade.

In his account of his journey around Wales in 1188 Giraldus Cambrensis mentions that the young Llywelyn was already in arms against his uncles Dafydd and Rhodri ;

* Gerald's tour of Wales in 1188 was detailed in a 1988 cartoon voiced by comedian Max Boyce.

Einion o ' r Porth and Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth entertained Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Giraldus Cambrensis here in 1188 during their famous tour of Wales recruiting for The Crusades.

The beaver became extinct in Great Britain in the sixteenth century: Giraldus Cambrensis reported in 1188 ( Itinerarium ii. iii ) that it was to be found only in the Teifi in Wales and in one river in Scotland, though his observations are clearly secondhand.

In 1188 Giraldus Cambrensis observed what is thought to have been the last colony of European Beaver in England or Wales on the Teifi.

He had a castle at Rhuddlan where Giraldus Cambrensis spent a night in 1188 on his journey round Wales with Archbishop Baldwin.

In 1188 when Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury and Giraldus Cambrensis travelled through Wales raising men for the Third Crusade, Maelgwn is recorded as having taken the cross, though there is no record that he actually went on the crusade.

Sibylla wrote to Saladin and begged for her husband's release, and Guy was finally granted release in 1188 and allowed to rejoin his wife.

* 1188 Edwina O ' Quinn, Queen of Muster, died in a pilgrimage to Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

With these grievances, two years of combat ( 1186 – 1188 ) followed, but the situation remained unchanged.

Though the truce was for two years, Philip found grounds for resuming hostilities in the summer of 1188.

On July 21, 1188, Saladin arrived before the walls of Latakia and forced the capitulation of the Crusaders two days later.

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Nevertheless, when Prince Vladimir II Yaroslavich of Halych, who had been expelled from his country by his subjects, fled to Hungary seeking for assistance in 1188, King Béla III had him arrested and occupied his principality and he invested Andrew with Halych.

* St Nicholas Lodge of Mark Master Masons No. 1188 was consecrated on the 30 March 1955, it currently meets on the third Thursday in February, April, June, August & October

* St Nicholas Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No. 1188 was consecrated on the 2 June 1979, it currently meets on the second Thursday in March, May, September & November

Massed English longbowmen triumphed over French cavalry at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, while at Gisors ( 1188 ), Bannockburn ( 1314 ), and Laupen ( 1339 ), foot-soldiers proved their invulnerability to cavalry charges as long as they held their formation.

The name of a settlement was recorded after St. Adalbert's death in 997 AD as urbs Gyddanyzc and later was written as Kdanzk ( 1148 ), Gdanzc ( 1188 ), Danceke ( 1228 ), Gdansk ( 1236, 1454, 1468, 1484, 1590 ), Danzc ( 1263 ), Danczk ( 1311, 1399, 1410, 1414 – 1438 ), Danczik ( 1399, 1410, 1414 ), Danczig ( 1414 ), Gdąnsk ( 1636 ).

* 1188 – Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan.

* 1252 – Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France ( b. 1188 )

This dating places the destruction of Troy, ten years before, to 1188 BC, which is close to the archaeologically dated destruction of Troy VIIa circa 1190 BC.

For a time he was canon at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, then he became Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church in January 1188 and Cardinal Deacon of Santa Lucia in Silice on 20 February 1193.

On 31 May 1188 he concluded a treaty with the Romans which removed long standing difficulties, thus returning the Papacy to Rome.

He orchestrated three series of promotions ( March 1188, May 1189 and October 1190 ) that resulted in over thirty new cardinals.

He settled a controversy with King William I of Scotland concerning the choice of the archbishop of St. Andrews, and on 13 March 1188 removed the Scottish church from the legatine jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York, thus making it independent of all save Rome.

He skilfully exploited the estrangement between Henry and Richard, and Richard did homage to him voluntarily at Bonmoulins in November 1188.

In 1188 Henry II planned to concede Aquitaine to his youngest son John.

His father and Philip II had done so at Gisors on 21 January 1188 after receiving news of the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin.

Bruce's Irish ancestors included Eva of Leinster ( d. 1188 ), whose ancestors included Brian Boru of Munster and the kings of Leinster.

In 1188, at Tortosa, Saladin released Guy of Lusignan and returned him to his wife, Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem.

* November 27 – Blanche of Castile, queen of Louis VIII of France and regent of France ( b. 1188 )

* Sir Edgar the Gentle, knight and courtesan of Henry II of England ( d. 1188 )

Year 1188 ( MCLXXXVIII ) was a leap year starting on Friday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.