Year 1128 (MCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire Byzantine–Hungarian War: Emperor John II (Komnenos) defeats the Hungarians and their Serbian allies at the fortress of Haram (or Chramon), which is modern-day Nova Palanka. Europe June 24 – Battle of São Mamede: Count Alfonso I (Henriques) defeats the forces led by his mother, Queen Theresa of Portugal, near Guimarães, and gains control of the county. Alfonso styles himself "Prince of Portugal". June 29 – Conrad III, anti-king of Germany, is crowned "King of Italy" by Archbishop Anselmo della Pusterla at Monza in Lombardy. July 27 – The city of Bruges (modern Belgium) is founded. It receives its city charter – as well new walls and canals are built. Pope Honorius II invests Roger II of Sicily as duke of Apulia at Benevento, after his failure to form an coalition against Roger. King Louis VI (the Fat) of France agrees to the accession of Thierry of Alsace (or Theoderic), as count of Flanders. England June 17 – King Henry I marries his only legitimate daughter, dowager Empress Matilda, to the 14-year-old Geoffrey V (the Fair), count of Anjou. Britain Hugues de Payens, French Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Templar, visits both England and Scotland, where he raises men and money for the Order. Asia Jin–Song War: Emperor Gao Zong of the Song Dynasty establishes a new capital at Yangzhou, while the government retreats south, after Jurchen forces capture the previous capital of Kaifeng, in the Jingkang Incident. Forces of the Kingdom of Champa invade Vietnam. By topic Religion November 24 – Waverley Abbey is founded by Bishop William Giffard. The first abbot and 12 Cistercian monks are brought from L'Aumône Abbey in Normandy. Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the Knights Templar. The French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux codifies the rule of the Order. Holyrood Abbey is founded in Edinburgh by King David I of Scotland. Kelso Abbey is founded by Scottish monks of the Tironensian Order. Births March 18 – Stephen of Tournai, French bishop (d. 1203) Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman (d. 1201) Adolf II, count of Schauenburg and Holstein (d. 1164) Alain de Lille, French theologian and poet (approximate date) Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Walid, Arab theologian (d. 1215) Constance of Hauteville, princess of Antioch (d. 1163)