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1157 - Events. 1157 - Births. September 8 - King Richard I of England (died 1199) Leopold V of Austria (died 1194) Hojo Masako, wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo (died 1225) 1157 - Deaths. May 15 - Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince August 21 - King Alfonso VII of Castile (born 1105) Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria Eystein II of Norway Sweyn III of Denmark Including:

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The Archbishop of Caesarea was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the crusades. The diocese was an ancient one, dating from the 2nd century. It was the metropolis of the diocese of Palaestina Prima. Until the establishment of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, it was subject to the Patriarch of Antioch. By the time of the crusades it was a Greek Orthodox diocese, but when Caesarea was captured by the crusaders in 1101, a Latin archbishop was established there, ...

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• Archbishop of Caesarea - Bishops of Caesarea
• Archbishop of Caesarea - Archbishops of Caesarea

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The following is a list of the Kings of Babylon, a major city of ancient Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq. List of kings of Babylon - First Dynasty of Babylon. This uses the traditional Middle Chronology, although there is now reason to believe it may be too early by as much as a century. Sumu-abum 1894-1881 BC Sumu-la-El 1880-1845 BC Sabium 1844-1831 BC Apil-Sîn 1830-1813 BC Sin-muballit 1812-1793 BC Hammurabi 1792-1750 BC Samsu-I ...

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• List of kings of Babylon - First Dynasty of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Early Kassite Monarchs
• List of kings of Babylon - Sealand Dynasty Dynasty II of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Kassite Dynasty Third Dynasty of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IV of Babylon from Isin
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty V of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VI of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VII of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VIII of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IX of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IX of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty X of Babylon Assyrians and Chaldeans
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty XI of Babylon Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean

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April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). There are 269 days remaining. April 6 - Events. 648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks. 402 - Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. 1327 - The poet Petrarch first saw his idealized love Laura in the church of Saint Claire ...

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Alfonso VII of Castile (March 1, 1104/5 – August 21, 1157), nicknamed the Emperor, was the king of Castile and Leon since 1126, son of Urraca of Castile and Count Raymond of Burgundy. Alfonso was a dignified and somewhat enigmatic figure. A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the sovereign who held Leon. This sovereign was considered the most direct representative of the Visigoth kings, who were themselves the representatives of the Roman empire. But though given in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of Castile and Alfonso I of Aragon ...

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• Alfonso VII of Castile - Sources

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Alexander Neckam (September 8, 1157 - 1217), was an English scientist and teacher. He was born at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, on the same night as King Richard I. Neckam's mother nursed the prince with her own son, who thus became Richard's foster-brother. He was educated at the St Albans Abbey school (now St Albans School), and began to teach as schoolmaster of Dunstable, dependent on St Albans Abbey. Later he lived for several years at Petit Pons in Paris (c. 1175-1182). By 1180 he had become a disting ...

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• Alexander Neckam - Reference

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Bertrand de Blanchefort or Blanquefort (c. 1109-January 2, 1169) was the sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar, from 1156 until his death. He was the younger son of Godfrey of Blanchefort, a knight of Aquitaine. He succeeded André de Montbard, and introduced reforms to the Rule of the Order. He obtained from the Pope the right to use the title "Master by the grace of God", and to carry the baton known as the Abacus. During his rule, he fought against Nur ad-Din, and was taken prisoner after King Baldwin III of Jerus ...

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Vladimir-Suzdal Principality, Vladimir-Suzdal Grand Duchy (Russian: Влади́миро-Су́здальское кня́жество), or Vladimir-Suzdal Rus (Влади́мирско-Су́здальская Русь), was a major principality which succeeded Kievan Rus as the most powerful East Slavic state in the late 12th century and lasted until the late 14th century. Traditionally perceived as a cradle of the Great Russian language and nationality, Vladimir-Suzdal gradually ev ...

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• Vladimir-Suzdal - Heyday
• Vladimir-Suzdal - Mongol yoke

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The Ulaid or Ulaidh (singular Ulad or Uladh) were a Celtic people of Early Ireland who gave their name to the Irish Province of Ulster. They may appear in Ptolemy's 2nd century Geography as the Voluntii. Their capital was traditionally at Emain Macha near modern Armagh. Their territory at its height extended as far south as the River Boyne and as far west as County Leitrim, but by early Christian times they were pressed by the northern Uí Néill and they were reduced to eastern County Down, where they became kno ...

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• Ulaid - Kings of the Ulaid
• Ulaid - Legendary kings
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William I "the Lion" ( known in Gaelic as Uilliam Garm1 or William the Rough), (1142/1143 - December 4, 1214) reigned as King of Scotland from 1165 to 1214. His reign was the longest in Scottish history before the Act of Union with England in 1707. He became King following his brother Malcolm IV's death on 9 December 1165 and was crowned on 24 December 1165. In contrast to his deeply religious, frail brother, William was powerfully-built, redheaded, and headstrong. He was an effective monarch whose reign was marred by his ill-fated ...

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56°09′N 40°25′E Vladimir (Russian: Влади́мир) is a city in Russia, an administrative center of Vladimir Oblast. It is located on the river Klyazma 200 km to the east of Moscow. Geographical location is 56°09′N 40°25′E, and population is 315,954 inhabitants (2002). Vladimir is the medieval capital of Russia, and two of its cathedrals are a World Heritage Site. Vladimir - History. Vladimir - Foundation date controversy. Including:

• Vladimir - History
• Vladimir - Foundation date controversy
• Vladimir - Golden Age
• Vladimir - Decline
• Vladimir - Sightseeings
• Vladimir - Sister cities

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An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the feminine form and can either be the wife of an emperor or a woman being an imperial monarch herself. Emperors are generally recognised to be above kings in honour and rank. Emperor Akihito of Japan is the world's only reigning emperor. the last imperial monarch in europe was the King-Emperor George VI who ruled as Emperor of India Emperor - Distinction between Emperor and other types of ...

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• Emperor - Distinction between Emperor and other types of monarch
• Emperor - Imperium maius
• Emperor - Historical development
• Emperor - Europe
• Emperor - The Americas
• Emperor - Africa
• Emperor - Asia
• Emperor - Persian tradition
• Emperor - Pre-Columbian American traditions
• Emperor - Other traditions
• Emperor - Lists of emperors
• Emperor - Emperors of traditional empires
• Emperor - Emperors of short-lived 'empires'
• Emperor - Self-proclaimed emperors
• Emperor - Fictional emperors
• Emperor - Notes
• Emperor - Trivia

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The national flag of Denmark is more commonly known as the Dannebrog. The Dannebrog is red with a white Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side. The cross design of the Danish flag was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries: Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland. During the Danish-Norwegian personal union, the Dannebrog was also the flag of Norway and continued to be, slightly mo ...

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• Flag of Denmark - The legendary origin of the flag
• Flag of Denmark - The continuation of the romantic legend
• Flag of Denmark - Other theories of the origin of the flag
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #2
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #3
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #4
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #5
• Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #6
• Flag of Denmark - Earliest recorded use of the flag
• Flag of Denmark - Earliest undisputed link
• Flag of Denmark - Origin and meaning of Dannebrog
• Flag of Denmark - From King's banner to National flag
• Flag of Denmark - Laws and flag variations
• Flag of Denmark - National flag
• Flag of Denmark - Splitflag
• Flag of Denmark - Who may use what?
• Flag of Denmark - Flag days
• Flag of Denmark - External link

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August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 132 days remaining. August 21 - Events. 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) 1680 - Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt 1770 - James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales. 17 ...

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Shree Basava (also known as Basaveshwara or Basavanna) is known as the founder of the lingayat (Lingayats) religious sect in India. He brought on a social transformation, often referred as "revolution," in that he changed the lower caste people into a higher thinking of God or Shiva. He is said to have been a mystic by temperament, an idealist by choice, a statesman by profession, a man of letters by taste, a humanis ...

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• Lord Basava - The Great Religious Development
• Lord Basava - Philosophy
• Lord Basava - Views on Basaveshwara today

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1194 - Events. July 5 - Emperor Guangzong of Sung China was forced to give up his throne. Richard I of England is ransomed from Henry VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire November 20 - Palermo falls to Henry VI December 25 - Henry VI is crowned king of Sicily. City of Portsmouth awarded its Royal Charter. Henry Marshal becomes Bishop of Exeter. Yellow River of China experienced a major course change. It took over the Huai River drainage system for the ne ...

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1199 - Events. King Richard I of England is killed at the siege of Châlus. His younger brother, John Lackland, becomes King of England. 1199 - Births. Jeanne of Flanders (died 1244) Isobel of Huntingdon (died 1251) King Guttorm of Norway (died 1204) 1199 - Deaths. January 23 - Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (born 1160) February 9 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (born 1147) Ap ...

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1105 - Events. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor deposed by his son, Henry V Tamna kingdom annexed by Korean Goryeo Dynasty. 1105 - Births. March 1 - Alfonso VII of Castile (died 1157) Matilda of Boulogne, wife of Stephen of England (died 1152) Ingold II, king of Sweden (died 1125) Melisende of Jerusalem (died 1161) Ibn Tufail, Andalusian philosopher, physician and official (approximate date; died 1185) Including:

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List of Leonese monarchs - Pérez Dynasty. Ordoño I (850–866) Alfonso III the Great (866–910) García I (910–914) Ordoño II (914–924), also the king of Galicia from 910 Fruela II (924–925), also the king of Galicia from 924 and of Asturias from 910 Alfonso IV the Monk (925–931), died 933 Ramiro II (931–951) Ordoño III (951–956) Sancho I the Fat (956–958) Ordoño IV the Wicked (958–960) Sancho I t ...

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List of Leonese monarchs, List of Leonese monarchs - Kings of León, List of Leonese monarchs - Pérez Dynasty, List of Leonese monarchs - Jiménez Dynasty, List of Leonese monarchs - House of Burgundy, List of Leonese monarchs - House of Trastámara

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At first a supporter of Stephen of Blois during this king's struggle with the empress Matilda. His initiation in history was on the death of Henry I in 1135, when Maud expected to succeed to the throne of England, but her cousin, Stephen of Blois usurped the throne, breaking an oath he had previously made to defend her rights. It was Bigod who claimed that Henry I (Maud's father, and Stephen's uncle) intended for Stephen to become king at the expense of the empress. Civil War followed, but neither side seem to gain the upper hand. It was not ...

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Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk, Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk - Early years, Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk - During King Stephen's reign, Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk - Rise of King Henry II, Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk - The Revolt of 1173, Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk - Final days, Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk - Marriage and family

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