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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona conquered Tortosa in possession of the Moors.

★ King Afonso I of Portugal takes Abrantes from the Moors.

★ Anna Comnena writes the Alexiad, which is a biography of her father, Emperor Alexius I.

Births

★ John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem and Latin Emperor of Constantinople (approximate date; d. 1237)

★ Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (d. 1227)

★ Pope Honorius III (d. 1227)

Deaths

★ April — Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1095)

★ Conan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1070)

★ Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1100)

★ William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey

★ Alphonse I of Toulouse (b. 1103)