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1131 CE

Tintern Abbey is founded in Wales by Cistercian monks in the Wye Valley. The 15-year-old Philip, eldest son of King Louis VI (the Fat) of France, dies when his horse trips over a black pig that darts out of a dung heap unexpectedly at a market in Paris. Ramon Berenguer III (the Great), count of Barcelona, dies after a 34-year reign. He leaves most of his Catalonian territories to his elder son Ramon Berenguer IV, who continues the fight against the Almoravid Muslims. His younger son Berenguer Ramon inherits Provence (Southern France) and will reign as Ramon I (until 1144).

Exploration & Expansion

  • The Knights Templars appear in the North-East of Spain and are receiving privileges from King Alfonso I (the Battler). The Templars support him to regain land from the Almoravids. Alfonso grants them exemption of tax on a fifth of the wealth taken from the Muslims. The Templars found their first stronghold in Aragon.source

Religion & Belief

  • May 9 – Tintern Abbey is founded in Wales by Cistercian monks in the Wye Valley.source
  • The Council of Rheims is held by several French bishops and many clergy.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Construction begins on the Beisi Pagoda in Jiangsu Province (approximate date).source

Culture & Society

  • September 14 – Melisende succeeds her father Baldwin II to the throne, and reigns jointly with Fulk, as King and Queen of Jerusalem. Their coronation, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is celebrated with festivities.source

Births

  • January 14 – Valdemar I (the Great), king of Denmark (d. 1182)source
  • November 8 – Myeongjong, Korean king of Goryeo (d. 1202)source
  • Henry of Sandomierz, Polish nobleman (approximate date)source
  • Eudoxia of Kiev, high duchess of Poland (approximate date)source
  • Fujiwara no Teishi, Japanese noblewoman (d. 1176)source
  • Ladislaus II, king of Hungary and Croatia (d. 1163)source
  • Nakayama Tadachika, Japanese nobleman (d. 1195)source

Deaths

  • January 7 – Canute Lavard, duke of Schleswig (b. 1096)source
  • April 30 – Adjutor, French knight and saintsource
  • August 21 – King Baldwin II falls seriously ill, after his return from Antioch. He is moved to the patriarch's residence near the Holy Sepulchre, where he bequeaths the kingdom to his daughter Melisende, her husband Fulk and their infant son, Baldwin. He takes monastic vows, and dies soon after. Baldwin is buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, at Jerusalem.source
  • August 21 – Baldwin II, king of Jerusalemsource
  • August 30 – Hervey le Breton, English bishopsource
  • October 5 – Frederick I, German archbishopsource
  • October 13 – The 15-year-old Philip, eldest son of King Louis VI (the Fat) of France, dies when his horse trips over a black pig that darts out of a dung heap unexpectedly at a market in Paris.source
  • October 13 – Philip, co-king of France (b. 1116)source
  • November 16 – Dobrodeia of Kiev, Byzantine princesssource
  • December 4 – Omar Khayyám, Persian astronomer (b. 1048)source
  • Harald Haakonsson, Norse Earl of Orkneysource
  • Meng, Chinese empress and regent (b. 1073)source
  • Ramon Berenguer III (the Great), count of Barcelona, dies after a 34-year reign. He leaves most of his Catalonian territories to his elder son Ramon Berenguer IV, who continues the fight against the Almoravid Muslims. His younger son Berenguer Ramon inherits Provence (Southern France) and will reign as Ramon I (until 1144).source
  • Mahmud II, sultan of the Seljuk Empiresource