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Casimir I the Restorer of Poland (1016–1058)

Events

June 4 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, ("the Elder") dies of gout in Utrecht after a 12-year reign. He is succeeded by his 21-year-old son, Henry III ("the Black"), who also becomes king of Italy and Burgundy.
Duke Casimir I the Restorer returns to Poland, and makes great efforts to rebuild the war-ruined country. He establishes his residence at Kraków (which becomes Poland's capital until 1596).<ref>Richard Brzezinski (1995). History of Poland: Old Poland – The Piast Dynasty, p. 18. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The Banu Tujib clan is deposed by Al-Mustain I, who starts the Banu Hud (Huddid dynasty), which rules over the Taifa of Zaragoza for almost a century.<ref name="possessing the land">Template:Cite book</ref>

March 10 – Odo of Gascony (or Eudes), French nobleman
April 16 – William III, count of Weimar and Eichsfeld
May 27 – Dirk III (or Theodoric), count of Holland
June 4 – Conrad II ("the Elder"), Holy Roman Emperor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
July 20 – Conrad II ("the Younger"), duke of Carinthia
September 19 – Fujiwara no Genshi, empress of Japan (b. 1016)
November 4 – Hugh of Chalon, French bishop
November 29 – Adalbero, German nobleman
Abu Nasr Mushkan, Persian statesman (or 1040)
Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, prince of Gwynedd
Nathar Shah, Tamil mystic and preacher (b. 969)
Regimbald, German abbot and bishop
Reginar V (or Régnier), French nobleman
Sophia I, German princess and abbess (b. 975)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Unsuri, Persian poet and writer (or 1040)