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Births

Deaths

  • May 15Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince (b. c. 1099)
  • August 21—King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1105)
  • Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria (b. 1111)
  • Eystein II of Norway, king of Norway, (b. c. 1125)
  • Sweyn III of Denmark, king of Denmark (b. c. 1125)

Events

  • June 11 Albert I of Brandenburg, also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), became the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave
  • 23 OctoberBattle of Grathe Heath. A civil war in Denmark ended with the death of king Sweyn III. Valdemar I became king of all Denmark and restored and rebuild the country.
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