students from attending the University of Paris; many settle at the University of Oxford. Asia Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of Japan. By topic Religion Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman, leads the first synod at Lund. He is granted land around the city of "Havn" (modern-day Copenhagen) and fortifies the coastal defence against the Wends. Births February – Frederick VI, duke of Swabia (d. 1191) Anders Sunesen, archbishop of Lund (d. 1228) Warin II (the Younger), Norman knight (d. 1218) William I, count of Holland (Low Countries) (d. 1222) Deaths January 12 – Aelred of Rievaulx, English abbot (b. 1110) February 27 – Robert of Melun, bishop of Hereford (b. 1100) April 12 – Charles VII (Sverkersson), king of Sweden (b. 1130) July 13 – Xia (Shenfu), Chinese empress consort (b. 1136) August Děpold I, Bohemian prince (epidemic) Frederick IV, duke of Swabia (epidemic) Henry I, count of Nassau (epidemic) Henry II, duke of Limburg (epidemic) August 14 – Rainald of Dassel, German archbishop (b. 1120) August 17 – Nicolò Politi, Italian monk and hermit (b. 1117) August 22 – Relindis of Hohenburg, French abbess September 10 – Matilda, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1102) Abraham ibn Ezra, Spanish philosopher (approximate date) Alaungsithu, Burmese king of the Pagan Dynasty (b. 1090) Basava, Indian philosopher and statesman (b. 1105) Christian I (the Quarrelsome), count of Oldenburg Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Kievan princess (b. 1104) Hugh of Poitiers, French monk and chronicler Occo of Schleswig (or Ogge), Danish bishop Raymond I (or Raimond), French nobleman Rostislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1110) References