Year 1111 ( MCXI) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the

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Events

By place

Levant

* Battle of Shaizar: Sultan Muhammad I (Tapar) appoints Mawdud ibn Altuntash, Turkic governor ('' atabeg'') of

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second larg ...

, to lead a Seljuk expedition against the Crusaders. The composite force includes Muslim contingents from Damascus,

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...

, Ahlat and some Persian troops, headed by

Bursuq ibn Bursuq Bursuq ibn Bursuq, also known as Bursuk ibn Bursuk (died in 1116 or 1117), was the emir (or lord) of Hamadan. General He was the most notable son of Bursuq the Elder. Bursuq ibn Bursuq was a Turkic general in the service of the Seljuq Sultan M ...

from

Hamadan Hamadan () or Hamedan ( fa, همدان, ''Hamedān'') (Old Persian: Haŋgmetana, Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. At the 2019 census, its population was 783,300 in 230,775 families. The majority of people living in Ham ...

. The Crusaders (16,000 men), led by King

Baldwin I of Jerusalem Baldwin I, also known as Baldwin of Boulogne (1060s – 2April 1118), was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100, and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lor ...

, are cut off from their supplies, and within two weeks (due to constant Seljuk skirmishes) forced to fall back on

Afamiya ar, آفاميا , image =Apamea 01.jpg , alt = , caption = View of Apamea ruins , map_type = Syria , map_alt = , map_size = 200 , location = Hama Governorate, Syria , region = Ghab plain , coordinates = , type = settleme ...

in northern Syria. * Winter – The Crusaders, led by Baldwin I, besiege Tyre, without a supporting fleet. While besieging the town, a Byzantine embassy arrives in the Crusader camp. The Byzantines try to persuade Baldwin to join a coalition against Tancred, Italo-Norman prince of Galilee, but he refuses.

Europe

* April 13 –

Henry V Henry V may refer to: People * Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026) * Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125) * Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161) * Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227) * Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1 ...

is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope

Paschal II Pope Paschal II ( la, Paschalis II; 1050 1055 – 21 January 1118), born Ranierius, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 August 1099 to his death in 1118. A monk of the Abbey of Cluny, he was cre ...

. Henry returns to

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, where he strengthens his power by granting privileges to the German nobles of the region of the

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. *

Almoravid The Almoravid dynasty ( ar, المرابطون, translit=Al-Murābiṭūn, lit=those from the ribats) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire in the 11th century that ...

forces under Syr ibn Abi Bakr capture Santarém and

Sintra Sintra (, ) is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 377,835, in an area of . Sintra is one of the most urbanized and densely populat ...

. The efforts of the Berbers to reconquer lost ground lead to the sack of

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest cit ...

. The same year the city revolts against their lord in

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. * The commune of

Lodi Vecchio Lodi Vecchio ( Ludesan: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy, which is located about southeast of Milan and about west of Lodi. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree ...

(known as Laus Pompeia) is besieged and destroyed by Milanese troops in northern

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. *

October 5 Events Pre-1600 * 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor. * 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope. * 869 – The Fourth Coun ...

– The 18-year-old Baldwin VII succeeds his father, Robert II, as Count of

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until 1119.

Ireland

* Domnall Gerrlámhach, Domnall Ua Briain becomes king of the Hebrides and the Isle of Man, following a request from the people of the kingdom of Munster, to send them a ruler.

Asia

* The Donglin Academy, a Chinese educational institution, is established in Wuxi during the Song dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty.

By topic

Religion

* The Synod of Rathbreasail marks the transition of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Irish church, from a Monasticism, monastic to a Diocese, diocesan structure.

Births

* Afonso I of Portugal, Afonso I (the Conqueror), King of

(d. 1185) * Agnes of Babenberg, High Duchess of Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385), Poland (d. 1163) * Andrei Bogolyubsky, Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal (d. 1174) * Henry II, Duke of Limburg, Henry II, Duke of Duchy of Limburg, Limburg (House of Ardenne) (d. 1167) * Josceline de Bohon, bishop of Diocese of Salisbury, Salisbury (d. 1184) * Stephen of Armenia, Armenian Nobility, nobleman (d. 1165)

Deaths

* January 29 – Piotr I (bishop of Wrocław), Piotr I (or Peter), bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław, Wrocław * February 22 – Roger Borsa, Italo-Norman nobleman * March 3 – Bohemond I of Antioch, Bohemond I, Italo-Norman nobleman (b. 1054) * April 12 – Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, Berthold II, German nobleman (b. 1050) * April 17 – Robert of Molesme, French abbot (b. 1028) * June 15 – Yun Gwan, Korean general (b. 1040) * September 27 – Vekenega, Croatian abbess *

– Robert II, Count of

(b. 1065) * October 7 – Anna Polovetskaya, Kievan princess * October 26 – Gómez González, Castilian nobleman * November 8 – Otto II, Count of Habsburg, Otto II, German nobleman * December 19 ** Agnes of Rheinfelden, German noblewoman ** Al-Ghazali, Persian Schools of Islamic theology, theologian (b. 1058) * Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Prince of Kingdom of Powys, Powys (b. 1051) * Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, Prince of Powys (b. 1053) * Ōe no Masafusa, Japanese Japanese poetry, poet and writer (b. 1041) * Richard II of Gaeta, Richard II, Italian consul and Duke of Duchy of Gaeta, Gaeta

References

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