1129 CE

Henry of Blois becomes bishop of Winchester after the death of William Giffard (who was also Lord Chancellor to King Henry I) in England. Following the Capetian tradition, King Louis VI (the Fat) has his eldest son Philip crowned as co-ruler of France at Rheims Cathedral. Louis himself becomes the national protector of all France. Gao Zong regains the throne (with the support of the imperial army led by General Han Shizhong). Zhao Fu is forced to abdicate with Meng having ruled for 25 days.

In the 1120s, the 12th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • April 20 – Gao Zong regains the throne (with the support of the imperial army led by General Han Shizhong). Zhao Fu is forced to abdicate with Meng having ruled for 25 days.source

Conflict & Security

  • March 26 – Gao Zong abdicates the throne after a mutiny of the palace guard. His 2-year-old son Zhao Fu succeeds him, but Empress Meng becomes regent and the sole ruler.source
  • September – Roger II of Sicily gains recognition as duke at Melfi from the Norman nobles of Naples, Bari, Capua, Salerno and other cities that have resisted him.source
  • Jin–Song War: Emperor Gao Zong of the Song dynasty moves the capital from Yangzhou to Hangzhou, after the Jurchen Jin dynasty captures Kaifeng in the Jingkang Incident.source

Religion & Belief

  • January 23 – Henry of Blois becomes bishop of Winchester after the death of William Giffard (who was also Lord Chancellor to King Henry I) in England.source
  • April 14 – Following the Capetian tradition, King Louis VI (the Fat) has his eldest son Philip crowned as co-ruler of France at Rheims Cathedral. Louis himself becomes the national protector of all France.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Burgsteinfurt Castle is built in what is now Steinfurt (modern Germany).source

Culture & Society

  • June 2 – Fulk V, count of Anjou, marries Melisende (daughter of King Baldwin II) the heir to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Fulk gives up his title which passes to his 15-year-old son, Geoffrey V (the Fair).source

Births

  • Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti, Moroccan Sufi writer (died 1204)source
  • Date Tomomune, Japanese nobleman and samurai (died 1199)source
  • Elisabeth of Schönau, German Benedictine abbess (died 1164)source
  • Theophanes Kerameus, bishop of Rossano (died 1152)source
  • Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria (died 1195)source

Deaths

  • January 23 – William Giffard, bishop of Winchestersource
  • January 27 – Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester (born 1070)source
  • January 29 – Minamoto no Shunrai, Japanese poet (born 1055)source
  • February 16 – Thoros I, Armenian prince (or 1130)source
  • February 17 – Constantine II, Armenian princesource
  • July 24 – Former Emperor Shirakawa dies at his native Kyoto. His son Toba begins his cloistered rule, sharing power with Sutoku, a grandson of Shirakawa.source
  • July 24 – Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (born 1053)source
  • July 28 – Zhao Fu, emperor of the Song dynasty (born 1127)source
  • November 21 – Nigel d'Aubigny, Norman noblemansource
  • December 30 – Roger of Cannae, Italian bishop (born 1060)source
  • Fujiwara no Akinaka, Japanese nobleman (born 1059)source
  • Zhao Mingcheng, Chinese politician (born 1081)source
  • Cellach of Armagh (or Celsus), Irish archbishop (born 1080)source
  • Athanasius VI bar Khamoro, patriarch of Antiochsource
  • Saint Ceallach (Celsus), (b 1080), abbot of Armagh. He presided at the synod of Rathbreasail in 1111.Irelandsource