1114 CE

Emperor Henry V marries Matilda (or Maude), 11-year-old daughter of King Henry I of England, at Worms (modern Germany). A political conflict breaks out across the Holy Roman Empire after the marriage, triggered when Henry arrests Chancellor Adalbert and various other German princes. A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. From Antioch and Mamistra to Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks. Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty sends a gift of Chinese musical instruments, for use in royal banquets to the Korean court of Goryeo, by request from King Yejong.

In the 1110s, the 12th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

Conflict & Security

  • As part of the Norman expansion southward, Count Routrou II enters the service of King Alfonso I (the Battler) of Aragon.source
  • Battle of Martorell: The Almoravid governor of Zaragoza, Muhàmmad ibn al-Hajj, launches an expedition against the County of Barcelona, but is defeated in an ambush near Martorell.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Count Ramon Berenguer III (the Great) of Barcelona, joins the expedition to the Balearic Islands. A Pisan and Catalan fleet (some 450 ships), supported by a large army, conquer Ibiza and Mallorca. They destroy the bases on the islands used by Moorish pirates to prey on Mediterranean shipping.source

Religion & Belief

  • The cathedral of Chichester in England, constructed of wood, is destroyed by fire.source
  • Pontigny Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, is founded (located in Burgundy).source

Climate & Environment

  • November 29 – A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. From Antioch and Mamistra to Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.source

Culture & Society

  • January 7 – Emperor Henry V marries Matilda (or Maude), 11-year-old daughter of King Henry I of England, at Worms (modern Germany). A political conflict breaks out across the Holy Roman Empire after the marriage, triggered when Henry arrests Chancellor Adalbert and various other German princes.source
  • Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty sends a gift of Chinese musical instruments, for use in royal banquets to the Korean court of Goryeo, by request from King Yejong.source
  • First entry from Mac Carthaigh's BookIrelandsource

Births

  • Fujiwara no Shunzei, Japanese nobleman (died 1204)source
  • Bhāskara II, Indian mathematician (died 1185)source
  • Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona (died 1162)source
  • Gerard of Cremona, Italian translator (died 1187)source
  • Gebhard III, German nobleman (approximate date)source
  • Dirk VI (or Theodoric), count of Holland (died 1157)source
  • Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Northumbria (died 1152)source
  • Al-Suhayli, Moorish scholar and writer (died 1185)source
  • Otto I, German bishop and chronicler (died 1158)source

Deaths

  • February 24 – Thomas II, archbishop of Yorksource
  • October – Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir, was the son of Abbasid caliph al-Mustazhir and Ismah.source
  • Richard of Salerno, Norman nobleman (born 1060)source
  • Nestor the Chronicler, Kievan historian (or 1113)source
  • Shahriyar IV, king of Mazandaran (born 1039)source
  • Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi, Arab theologian (or 1115)source
  • Álvar Fáñez (or Háñez), Castilian noblemansource
  • Alypius of the Caves, Kievan monk and paintersource
  • Erard I, French nobleman and crusader (born 1060)source
  • Tokushi, Japanese empress consort (born 1060)source
  • Maelcoluim Ua Cormacain, Abbot of AranIrelandsource