Ibn Zaydún, Andalusian poet and writer (d. 1071) Jing Zong, Chinese emperor of Western Xia (d. 1048) Liudolf of Brunswick, margrave of Frisia (d. 1038) Musharrif al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Iraq (d. 1025) Deaths January 19 – Kilian of Cologne, Irish abbot January 25 – Lothair I, margrave of the Nordmark May 4 – Herman II, duke of Swabia (Germany) May 12 – Sylvester II, pope of the Catholic Church July 11 – Al-Mansur al-Qasim al-Iyyani, Zaidi imam August 3 – At-Ta'i, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 929) November 6 – John XVII, pope of the Catholic Church December 24 – William II, German nobleman December 27 – Emma of Blois, duchess of Aquitaine Athanasius the Athonite, Byzantine monk (b. 920) Brian mac Maelruanaidh, king of Maigh Seóla (Ireland) Didda, queen consort and regent of Kashmir (India) Erik the Red, Norse Viking explorer (approximate date) Flannchad ua Ruaidíne, abbot of Clonmacnoise Gregory of Narek, Armenian theologian (b. 951) Gurgen IV, king of Vaspurakan (Armenia) Ibrahim ibn Baks, Buyid scholar and physician Philotheos, patriarch of Alexandria (Egypt) Rozala, French queen and countess of Flanders Vladivoj, duke of Bohemia (Czech Republic) References