Historical Events
- Feb 24 English cleric and writer Geoffrey of Monmouth consecrated as Bishop of St Asaph at Lambeth
- Mar 4 Frederick I Barbarossa elected Holy Roman Emperor
Famous Weddings
- May 18 Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the future King Henry II of England most of France, allowing future kings of England to claim France for centuries thereafter
Famous Divorces
- Mar 21 In one of the most expensive divorces in history, French King Louis VII is granted an annulment from Eleanor of Aquitaine on the grounds of consanguinity (being from the same kinship as another person)
Famous People Who Died in 1152
- Feb 15 Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58
- May 3 Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
