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1109 CE

Urraca of León becomes queen of León, Castile and Galicia after the death of her father, King Alfonso VI, making her the first European queen regnant. She marries Alfonso I. Battle of Nakło: Bolesław III leads an expedition into Pomerania. He besieges the castle of Nakło and defeats a Pomeranian relief force. Siege of Głogów: German forces led by King Henry V besiege Głogów. He is forced to abandon the siege – due to attacks of Polish guerilla warriors.

Conflict & Security

  • August 10 – Battle of Nakło: Bolesław III leads an expedition into Pomerania. He besieges the castle of Nakło and defeats a Pomeranian relief force.source
  • August 24 – Siege of Głogów: German forces led by King Henry V besiege Głogów. He is forced to abandon the siege – due to attacks of Polish guerilla warriors.source
  • August 24 – Battle of Hundsfeld: Bolesław III defeats the imperial forces under Henry V at Hundsfeld. The Germans are ambushed by the Polish forces.source
  • The Almoravid army, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, fails to reconquer Toledo (lost in 1085).source

Religion & Belief

  • Summer – Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf organizes a public ritual of penance (auto-da-fé) of the works of Al-Ghazali, in front of the Great Mosque of Cordoba.source
  • Anselm of Laon, French monk and theologian, becomes chancellor of the cathedral at Laon (approximate date).source

Births

  • July 25 – Afonso I, king of Portugal (d. 1185)source
  • September 7 – Gongye, Korean queen (d. 1183)source
  • October 29 – Injong of Goryeo, Korean king (d. 1146)source
  • William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel (d. 1176)source
  • Al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (d. 1138)source
  • Bertrand de Blanchefort, French Grand Master (d. 1169)source
  • Béla II, king of Hungary and Croatia (d. 1141)source
  • Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali, Zirid emir (d. 1171)source

Deaths

  • January 26 – Alberic of Cîteaux, French abbotsource
  • April 14 – Fulk IV, count of Anjou (b. 1043)source
  • April 21 – Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1033)source
  • April 28 – Hugh the Great, abbot of Cluny (b. 1024)source
  • May 12 – Dominic de la Calzada, Spanish priest (b. 1019)source
  • July 1 – Alfonso VI, king of León and Castilesource
  • July 1 – Urraca of León becomes queen of León, Castile and Galicia after the death of her father, King Alfonso VI, making her the first European queen regnant. She marries Alfonso I.source
  • July 12 – Siege of Tripoli: After a 7-year siege (supported by the Genoese fleet), Tripoli falls to the Crusaders. Fakhr al-Mulk ibn Ammar, qadi of Tripoli, submits to Bertrand of Toulouse (the eldest son of Raymond IV). He establishes the County of Tripoli, the fourth Crusader state in the Middle East. Raymond's nephew William II Jordan dies of an arrow wound sustained during the siege, leaving Bertrand as its sole ruler.source
  • September 21 – Svatopluk, duke of Bohemiasource
  • November 16 – Ingulf, Norman Benedictine abbotsource
  • William II, count of Cerdagne and Tripolisource
  • Eupraxia of Kiev, Holy Roman Empresssource
  • Ngok Loden Sherab, Tibetan Buddhist monk (b. 1059)source