1128

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Years: 1125 1126 1127 - 1128 - 1129 1130 1131

Decades: 1090s 1100s 1110s - 1120s - 1130s 1140s 1150s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

• Pope Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the Knights Templar.
• King Afonso I of Portugal, then Count of Portugal defeats his mother, Teresa of Leon, in battle 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; died 1202)
• William of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre and historian of the Crusades (approximate date; died 1186)

Deaths

• July 28 - William Clito, Count of Flanders (born 1102)
• Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham