1193

Events

### March 4

On this day, Sultan Saladin's death in Damascus led to the division of the Ayyubid sultanate into four branches, with centers in Egypt, Damascus, Aleppo, and Mesopotamia.

### March 23

King Richard I of England was captured by Duke Leopold V of Austria and handed over to Emperor Henry VI (not Henry V).

### August 14

King Philip II of France married Ingeborg, daughter of King Valdemar I of Denmark and sister of Canut VI, in Amiens. This marriage was intended to establish a strong anti-English alliance. However, Ingeborg was immediately repudiated under the charge of witchcraft and imprisoned in a monastery.

### September 29

The death of Sultan Chah led to his brother Takach beginning the conquest of Horasan.

### November 5

The Synod of Compiegne took place, where Archbishop Guillaume de Reims gave the divorce between King Philip II and Ingeborg of Denmark.

Deaths

* March 4: Selahaddin Eyyubi (d. 1138), founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty and conqueror of Jerusalem.
* Date unknown:
+ Ibelinli Balian, an important French noble in the Kingdom of Jerusalem (d. y. 1143).
+ Robert de Sablé, General Captain of the Temple and lord of Cyprus.
+ Lu Jiuyan, a Neo-Confucian philosopher.

Note: The dates for the deaths of Ibelinli Balian and Lu Jiuyan are not specified in the sources provided, but based on the information given, it can be inferred that they occurred after 1193.