Edward, the son of Richard III and Anne Neville was born at Middleham Castle.

A week of festivities preceded the investiture of Richard's son Edward. ^[1]

Richard's only son died at Middleham Castle aged only ten or eleven. Anne was unable to have any more children and she would die in the following year. This left Richard with the problem of who should succeed him after his death.

King Henry III married Eleanor, one of four daughters of Raymond count of Provence. Eleanor was 14 years old. Simon de Montfort, as Lord High Steward, took care of the banquet and kitchen arrangements. The ceremony took place at Canterbury Cathedral. ^[2]

Queen Eleanor was crowned at Westminster Abbey.

The Cistercian abbey at Beaulieu, founded earlier by King John, was dedicated in the presence of King Henry III, Queen Eleanor and Prince Edward. ^[3]

King Henry III granted to his wife Eleanor the revenues from the taxes and rent taken from London Bridge. Originally the money raised on the bridge were supposed to pay for repairs to the structure. With no money to spend on the upkeep of the bridge it began to fall into disrepair. This event may have been the source of the nursery rhyme 'London Bridge is falling down'.

After leaving Paris and the Arles, Breakspear travelled to Avignon where he joined the abbey of St. Ruf or Rufus. After a short time he was elected has abbot. But Breakspear's rigid adherent to his principles led him to become unpopular with the monks. Pope Eugenius III was informed and so Breakspear was promoted to the post of Bishop of Albano. ^[4]

The first formal Papal Bull of Crusade or 'Bulla cruciata' calling on France to restore the Holy Land to Christendom was issued by Pope Eugenius III, together with 'Quantum praedecessors' which was reissued on the 1st of March 1146. ^[5]

Pope Eugenius III reissued an amended Bull, a formal proclamation issued by the pope, proclaiming the Second Crusade.

The Pope left Viterbo in January and travelled to France. At the start of April he met the King at Dijon. It was agreed that Abbot Sugar would take care of France while the French King was away and the Pope and Abbot met several times. ^[6]

In Paris, Pope Eugenius confirmed the grants and donations that had been made to Waverley Abbey and exempted the monks from paying certain taxes.

An incident occurred when Eustace II Count of Boulogne visited Edward the Confessor, his brother-in-law. The incident occurred in Dover where a fight broke out between the Norman visitors and the locals resulting in the deaths of several people. The area of Dover was under the control of the Godwin family and Edward the Confessor, who blamed the people of Dover for the fight, told Earl Godwin to deal with them. Godwin refused to obey Edward's order and in response Edward raised an army and forced the Godwin family into exile.