Sidah, Moorish linguist and lexicographer (b. 1007) April 9 – Al-Bayhaqi, Persian Sunni hadith scholar (b. 994) May 21 – Su Xun, Chinese scholar and writer (b. 1009) June 6 – Gottschalk (or Godescalc), Obotrite prince June 27 – Arialdo, Italian nobleman and deacon August 15 – Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la, Arab Hanbali scholar (b. 990) September 25 (killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge): Eystein Orre, Norwegian nobleman Harald III (Harald Hardrada), king of Norway Tostig Godwinson, earl of Northumbria September 25 – Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess October 14 (killed at the Battle of Hastings): Harold II (Harold Godwinson), king of England Leofwine Godwinson, brother of Harold II Gyrth Godwinson, brother of Harold II Taillefer, Norman minstrel November 10 – John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg Sacrificed to Radegast, the god of hospitality. November 14 – Fujiwara no Akihira, Japanese nobleman December 11 – Conan II, duke of Brittany December 30 – Yusuf ibn Naghrela, Jewish vizier Abu al-Hakam al-Kirmani, Moorish philosopher Ali al-Sulayhi, sultan of Yemen and Tihamah (b. 966) Conrad of Pfullingen, archbishop of Trier Herluin de Conteville, Norman nobleman (b. 1001) Kraft of Meissen (or Crafto), German bishop Reiner of Meissen (or Rainer), German bishop Śrīpati, Indian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1019) Theobald of Provins, French hermit (b. 1033) Udayadityavarman II, Cambodian ruler Yahya of Antioch, Byzantine historian References