1128 - Definition and Overview

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

Deaths

• Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham
• Gabriel II, Coptic pope
• Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad dynasty