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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Pope Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the Knights Templar.

★ June 24 King Afonso I of Portugal, then Count of Portugal defeats his mother, Teresa of León, in the Battle of São Mamede and gains control of the county.

★ Geoffrey of Anjou marries Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England.

★ Holyrood Abbey founded in Edinburgh by David I, King of Scotland.

Births

★ Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman

★ Alain de Lille, French theologian and poet (approximate date; d. 1202)

★ William of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre and historian of the Crusades (approximate date; d. 1186)

Deaths

★ July 28 — William Clito, Count of Flanders (b. 1102)

★ Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham