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1128

Years: 1125 1126 1127 - 1128 - 1129 1130 1131

Decades: 1090s 1100s 1110s - 1120s - 1130s 1140s 1150s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• King Afonso I of Portugal, then Count of Portugal defeats his mother, Teresa of Leon, in battle and gains control of the County
• Geoffrey of Anjou marries Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England
• Holyrood Abbey built in Edinburgh

Births

• Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman

Deaths

• Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham
• Gabriel II, Coptic pope
• Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad dynasty

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