Spring –
Shams al-Mulk Isma'il, Seljuk ruler of
Damascus, sends envoys to
Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler of
Mosul, to seek his protection in exchange of Damascus. Zengi crosses the
Euphrates, receiving the surrender of the city of
Hama. He besieges Damascus but, due to a shortage of supplies, is forced to abandon the siege. Zengi extricates himself from Damascus, his Seljuk forces capture the fortresses at
Ma'arrat and
Atharib.[1]
Queen
Melisende of
Jerusalem reconciles with her husband
Fulk V, after a period of estrangement occasioned by her growing power, and rumors that she has had an affair with
Hugh II (du Puiset), former count of
Jaffa.
Europe
January 7 – King
Harald IV returns with Danish reinforcements and the support of King
Eric II ("the Memorable"). He captures his nephew and joint ruler
Magnus IV (Sigurdsson), who is blinded, castrated – and confined in
Nidarholm Abbey (located on the island of
Munkholmen).
Summer – King
Roger II lands with a Sicilian expeditionary force in
Salerno. He splits his army, and conquers the cities of
Aversa and
Alife. Roger besieges
Naples – but despite poor health conditions within the city, he is not able to take it, and returns again to
Messina.
Lothair III receives a
Byzantine embassy at his court, on behalf of Emperor
John II Komnenos. It offers large financial subsidies for Lothair to start a campaign against Roger II. The negotiations will last for some months.[2]
December 26 – Stephen of Blois is crowned at
Westminster Abbey in
London by Archbishop
William de Corbeil. Matilda (pregnant with child) and her husband
Geoffrey V ("the Fair") leave for their own safety to Normandy, where she plans how to overthrow Stephen and claim the English throne for her own.
McGrank, Lawrence (1981). "Norman crusaders in the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and the principality of Tarragona, 1129-55". Journal of Medieval History. 7 (1): 67–82.
doi:
10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1.
Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'occident au Moyen Âge, VIIIe-XIIIe siècle (in French). Presses Universitaires de France.
ISBN978-2130488101.
Spring –
Shams al-Mulk Isma'il, Seljuk ruler of
Damascus, sends envoys to
Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler of
Mosul, to seek his protection in exchange of Damascus. Zengi crosses the
Euphrates, receiving the surrender of the city of
Hama. He besieges Damascus but, due to a shortage of supplies, is forced to abandon the siege. Zengi extricates himself from Damascus, his Seljuk forces capture the fortresses at
Ma'arrat and
Atharib.[1]
Queen
Melisende of
Jerusalem reconciles with her husband
Fulk V, after a period of estrangement occasioned by her growing power, and rumors that she has had an affair with
Hugh II (du Puiset), former count of
Jaffa.
Europe
January 7 – King
Harald IV returns with Danish reinforcements and the support of King
Eric II ("the Memorable"). He captures his nephew and joint ruler
Magnus IV (Sigurdsson), who is blinded, castrated – and confined in
Nidarholm Abbey (located on the island of
Munkholmen).
Summer – King
Roger II lands with a Sicilian expeditionary force in
Salerno. He splits his army, and conquers the cities of
Aversa and
Alife. Roger besieges
Naples – but despite poor health conditions within the city, he is not able to take it, and returns again to
Messina.
Lothair III receives a
Byzantine embassy at his court, on behalf of Emperor
John II Komnenos. It offers large financial subsidies for Lothair to start a campaign against Roger II. The negotiations will last for some months.[2]
December 26 – Stephen of Blois is crowned at
Westminster Abbey in
London by Archbishop
William de Corbeil. Matilda (pregnant with child) and her husband
Geoffrey V ("the Fair") leave for their own safety to Normandy, where she plans how to overthrow Stephen and claim the English throne for her own.
McGrank, Lawrence (1981). "Norman crusaders in the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and the principality of Tarragona, 1129-55". Journal of Medieval History. 7 (1): 67–82.
doi:
10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1.
Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'occident au Moyen Âge, VIIIe-XIIIe siècle (in French). Presses Universitaires de France.
ISBN978-2130488101.