Editing 1127

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[[File:Gaozong Of Song.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Emperor Gaozong of Song]] (1107–1187) rules from 1127]]
Year '''1127''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[Charles the Good]], count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]], is murdered by a band of knights while praying in church; he leaves no children. King [[Louis VI of France]] appoints [[William Clito]] (son of [[Robert Curthose]]) as new ruler. But the Flemish towns of [[Bruges]], [[Ghent]], [[Saint-Omer]] and [[Ypres]] recognize (with English financial support) [[Thierry, Count of Flanders|Thierry of Alsace]] as rival count.
* Spring &ndash; The forces of [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile]] begin the [[Siege of Guimarães]], which will end in their withdrawal.<ref name=livermore>H. V. Livermore: ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.152869/page/n78/mode/1up A History Of Portugal]'', Cambridge University Press, 1947, p. 59.</ref>
* Summer &ndash; King [[Roger II of Sicily]] claims the [[Hauteville family|Hauteville]] possessions in [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] as well the overlordship of [[Principality of Capua|Capua]]. However, a coalition of Norman noblemen in [[County of Apulia and Calabria|Apulia and Calabria]] resist (supported by [[Pope Honorius II]]) against Sicilian rule. The same year, Roger regains control over [[Malta]] after a rebellion.<ref>{{cite book|last=Abulafia|first=David|title=The Norman kingdom of Africa and the Norman expeditions to Majorca and the Muslim Mediterranean|year=1985|publisher=Boydell Press|location=Woodbridge|isbn=0-85115-416-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DZf-RBtZ7IC&pg=PA32 }}</ref> Roger II also establishes a pact with the maritime Republic of [[Savona]] to guarantee the security of the [[Mediterranean Sea]],<ref name="espace libyeb">{{cite web |last=Bresc|first=Henri|title=La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age |website=Mediterranea - ricerche storiche |url=http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> probably following an [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] raid against the Sicilian realm.<ref>{{cite book|last=Johns|first=Jeremy|title=Arabic administration in Norman Sicily: the royal dīwān|year=2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0-521-81692-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXXYfJ9woRwC&q=%22ali+ibn+yahya%22+zirid|page=85}}</ref> 
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Conrad III of Germany|Conrad III]] (with support of the [[Free imperial city|imperial cities]], [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] and [[Duchy of Austria|Austria]]) is elected and crowned as [[anti-king]] of [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] at [[Nuremberg]].

==== England ====
* King [[Henry I of England]] arranges the marriage of his daughter [[Empress Matilda|Matilda]] (the widow of [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Henry V]]) to the 14-year-old [[Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou|Geoffrey of Anjou]] (son of Count [[Fulk, King of Jerusalem|Fulk V]]). This is done to ensure an alliance between [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[County of Anjou|Anjou]], and to prevent Fulk allying with Louis VI. Henry has the English nobles swear [[allegiance]] to Matilda as the rightful heir to the throne. Upon his death, her cousin [[Stephen of Blois]] crosses the channel and usurps her throne, becoming the [[List of English Monarchs|King of England]]. She wages a lengthy civil war known as [[the Anarchy]], which lasts from 1135–1154.

==== Levant ====
* [[Imad ad-Din Zengi]], a Turkish military leader, becomes governor (''[[atabeg]]'') of [[Mosul]]. He seizes the cities of [[Nusaybin|Nisibin]], [[Sinjar]] and [[Harran]] in the [[Jazira Region]] (Northern [[Mesopotamia]]).

==== Asia ====
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Jin–Song Wars]]: Jurchen forces sack the Chinese capital of [[Kaifeng]] of the [[Song dynasty|Northern Song dynasty]] during the [[Jingkang incident]]. They capture [[Emperor Qinzong]], along with his father, [[Emperor Huizong of Song|Huizong]], and members of the [[House of Zhao]].<ref>Lorge, Peter (2005). ''War, Politics and Society in Early Modern China, 900–1795'', pp. 53–54. Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-203-96929-8}}.</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; Qinzong's younger brother, the 20-year-old [[Emperor Gaozong of Song|Gaozong]], re-establishes the Song dynasty (as the Southern Song dynasty) in Lin'an (modern-day [[Hangzhou]]) and is proclaimed emperor.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The [[Kalyan minaret]] (as part of the [[Po-i-Kalyan]] mosque complex) is completed in [[Bukhara]] (modern [[Uzbekistan]]).</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Felix of Valois]], French [[Nobility|nobleman]] and [[hermit]] (d. [[1212]])
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Uijong of Goryeo|Uijong]], Korean ruler of [[Goryeo]] (d. [[1173]])
* [[July 23]] &ndash; [[Zhao Fu]], emperor of the [[Song dynasty|Song Dynasty]] (d. [[1129]])
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa|Go-Shirakawa]], Japanese emperor (d. [[1192]])
* [[October 29]] &ndash; [[Yang Wanli]], Chinese politician and [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (d. [[1206]])
* [[November 27]] &ndash; [[Emperor Xiaozong of Song]], Chinese emperor (d. [[1194]])
* December &ndash; [[Henry I, Count of Champagne|Henry I]] ("the Liberal"), count of [[County of Champagne|Champagne]] (d. [[1181]])
* [[Bolesław I the Tall]], duke of [[Wrocław]] (d. [[1201]])
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Julian of Cuenca]], Spanish bishop

== Deaths ==
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Ava (poet)|Ava]] (von Göttweig), German poet (b. [[1060]])
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[William IX, Duke of Aquitaine|William IX]] ("the Troubador"), duke of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]] (b. [[1071]])
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[Charles the Good]], count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] (b. [[1084]])
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Ottone Frangipane]], Italian [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] monk and saint (b. [[1040]])
* [[May 16]] &ndash; [[Saint Gens|Gens du Beaucet]], French hermit and saint (b. [[1104]])
* July &ndash; [[William II, Duke of Apulia|William II]], Norman duke of [[County of Apulia and Calabria|Apulia and Calabria]] (b. [[1095]])
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Jordan of Ariano]], Norman warrior and nobleman
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Prince Álmos]] (or Almus), duke of [[Duchy (Kingdom of Hungary)|Hungary]] and [[Croatia in union with Hungary|Croatia]]
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Morphia of Melitene]], queen consort of [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] (or [[1126]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Zhang Bangchang]], ruler of [[Da Chu]] (b. [[1081]])
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Godbald]] (or Godebald), bishop of [[Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580)|Utrecht]]
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Minamoto no Yoshimitsu]], Japanese [[samurai]] (b. [[1045]])
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Jordan II of Capua|Jordan II]] (or Giordano), prince of [[Principality of Capua|Capua]]
* [[Fujiwara no Hiroko]], Japanese empress consort (b. [[1036]])
* [[Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin]], Irish historian and [[abbot]]<ref name="abbot of clonmacnoise">{{cite book|title=Annals of the Four Masters|year=1127|publisher=Corpus of Electronic Texts (UCC), Annal M1127.1|location=Ireland|url=http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/}}</ref>
* [[Gualfardo of Verona]], Italian trader and hermit (b. [[1070]])
* [[William III, Count of Burgundy|William III]] ("the Child"), count of [[County of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (b. [[1110]])
* [[Empress Zhu (Song dynasty)|Zhu]], Chinese empress of the Song dynasty (b. [[1102]])

== References ==
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