in the Levant. August 1 – Adhemar of Le Puy (or Aimar), French bishop and nominal leader of the First Crusade, dies during an epidemic (probably typhus). With this, Rome's direct control over the Crusade effectively ends. August – Fatimid forces under Caliph Al-Musta'li recapture Jerusalem and occupy Palestine. The Crusaders threaten the borders of the Fatimid Caliphate which already has lost the Emirate of Sicily (see 1091). December 12 – Siege of Ma'arra: The Crusaders capture the city of Ma'arra after a month's siege and massacre part of the population. Short of supplies, the army is accused of widespread cannibalism. Britain June or July – Battle of Anglesey Sound: A Norwegian fleet led by King Magnus Barefoot reverses an Anglo-Norman invasion of North Wales. Magnus conquers the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides and the Isle of Man. King Edgar of Scotland signs a treaty with Magnus III in which he agrees that the northern territories including the Hebrides belong to Norway. At Dunfermline Abbey, Edgar seeks support from Anselm of Canterbury. By topic Religion March 21 – Cîteaux Abbey, located in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, is founded by Robert of Molesme, founder of the Cistercian Order. October – The Council of Bari presided by Pope Urban II discusses relations between the Western and the Eastern Church. Births Amadeus I, Swiss nobleman (House of Geneva) (d. 1178) Ayn al-Quzat Hamadani, Persian philosopher and poet (d. 1131) Hedwig of Gudensberg, German countess and regent (d. 1148) Hildegard of Bingen, German Benedictine abbess (d. 1179) John of the Grating, French bishop and saint (d. 1163) Pons, French nobleman (House of Toulouse) (d. 1137) Simon II de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton, Anglo-Norman nobleman (d. 1153) Wibald, German abbot and councillor (d. 1158) Deaths January 3 – Walkelin, Norman bishop of Winchester February 22 – Hugh de Grandmesnil, Norman sheriff (b. 1032) July 31 – Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury August 1 – Adhemar of Le Puy, French bishop (b. 1045) Alan the Black, Norman nobleman and lord of Richmond Baldwin II, count of Hainaut (House of Flanders) (b. 1056) Ephraim of the Caves, Kievan bishop of Pereiaslav Raymond IV (Raimundus), count of Pallars Jussà Robert de Say (Fitz-Picot), Norman nobleman Vinayaditya, Indian king of the Hoysala Empire Walo II of Chaumont-en-Vexin (or Galon II de Beaumont), viscount and constable of France (b. 1060) Yaghi Siyan, Sejuk governor of Antioch (b. 1011) References