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Maurice de Sully is elected bishop of Paris, will initiate plan to build Notre Dame

Maurice de Sully is elected bishop of Paris, will initiate plan to build Notre Dame

Maurice de Sully is elected bishop of Paris, will initiate plan to build Notre Dame

Events Before

  1. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa marries Beatrice of Burgundy, daughter and heiress of Renaud III at Würzburg

    Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa marries Beatrice of Burgundy, daughter and heiress of Renaud III at Würzburg

  2. According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in

    According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland

  3. Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.

    Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.

  4. Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king

    Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king

  5. Ottaviano de Montecello is elected Antipope Victor IV

    Ottaviano de Montecello is elected Antipope Victor IV

Events After

  1. Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos marries Princess Maria of Antioch in the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, with chariot

    Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos marries Princess Maria of Antioch in the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, with chariot races to celebrate in the Hippodrome

  2. Pastor Frederik forms a convent at Mariengaarde, Friesland

    Pastor Frederik forms a convent at Mariengaarde, Friesland

  3. Hurricane hits villages in Holland and Friesland, causing flooding

    Hurricane hits villages in Holland and Friesland, causing flooding

  4. Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III

    Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III

  5. Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch

    Bohemond III of Antioch, also known as Bohemond the Child or the Stammerer (French: Bohémond le Bambe/le Baube; c. 1148–1201), was Prince of Antioch from 1163 to 1201.

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