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unusual facts about 1144


1144

March 22 – The first example of an anti-Semitic blood libel is recorded in England, in connection with the murder of William of Norwich.


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Alfonso of Hauteville

He died on 10 October 1144 during a second invasion with his brother, this time in Latium against Pope Lucius II, where they marched on Rieti and Cagnano Amiterno.

Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford

At some time between 1144 and 1146 the Constable of Bourbourg, arranged a divorce for his daughter Countess Beatrice with Earl Aubrey's consent, after which Oxford ceased to be Count of Guînes.

Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd

Cadwaladr's attempt to reclaim his lands with the help of a Danish fleet in 1144 forms the background to The Summer of the Danes by Ellis Peters in the Brother Cadfael series.

Everard de Ros

Everard de Ros (born 1144) was the lord of Hamlake.

Fernando Pérez de Traba

The record of Fernán's rule in Deza consists of an original royal charter of July 1144.

Geoffrey de Mandeville

Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex (died 1144), changed sides several times during the reign of King Stephen; son of William de Mandeville and grandson of the Geoffrey de Mandeville above

Gonzalo de Marañón

On 19 September 1144 Alfonso VII granted him the village of Sartaguda, and in 1176 Alfonso VIII confirmed all the grants previously made—though we cannot be sure what all they were—save that of Mamblas.

Henry, Count of Montescaglioso

Henry or Enrico di Navarra (before 1144–1173×77), born Rodrigo, was a son of García Ramírez of Navarre and Marguerite de l'Aigle, and brother of Queen Margaret of Sicily, who made him Count of Montescaglioso (1166) and then Count of the Principate (1168).

Héribrand II of Hierges

His son Manasses was constable of the kingdom of Jerusalem from 1144 to 1152.

History of Cherkasy Oblast

In year 1144, the Grand Prince of Kiev Vsevolod II laid the foundation of Uspenskyi Cathedral in Kaniv.

History Teachers' Association of Victoria

, North Melbourne, which it shared with the Geography Teachers Association, membership had risen to 945, and was to reach 1144 by 1979.

Kirov class

Kirov-class battlecruiser, Project 1144 Orlan missile-armed cruisers built for the Soviet Navy in 1980 and serving now in the Russian Navy;

Lesmahagow

Lesmahagow Priory, founded by Benedictine monks in 1144, no longer stands but its foundations were excavated in 1978 and can be seen next to the Old Parish Church off Church Square.

Lutgard of Salzwedel

With the death of her elder, childless brother Count Rudolf II of Stade and Freckleben in 1144, Lutgard and her children became the eventual heirs of the County of Stade, since her younger, inheriting brother, Hartwig, was childless too.

Her brother Hartwig, Count of Stade, provost at Bremen Cathedral since 1143, married her to Eric of Denmark in 1143 or 1144.

Máel Ísa Ua Conchobair

He is listed as having two full-brothers (Jaski, EIKS, p. 152 n44) - Aedh Dall Ua Conchobair (died 1194 and Tadg Alainn (died 1143/1144), all by Tairrdelbach's primary wife.

Óttar of Dublin

Several versions of the Brut y Tywysogion record that an Óttar based in Dublin, and described as the "son of the other Óttar," was active fighting as a mercenary in Wales in 1144.

Patriarch Cosmas II of Constantinople

Cosmas was condemned and deposed on February 26, 1147 by a synod held at the Palace of Blachernae because of indulgence in relation to the monk Niphon, a condemned Bogomil since 1144, whom he received in his home and at his table.

Rahere

On his return to England, he adopted a religious calling, and in 1123 founded St Bartholomew's Hospital and the nearby church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, becoming prior of the church, a post he held until his death in 1144.

St. Thomas, Strasbourg

In the ninth century, Bishop Adelochus established a magnificent church with adjoining school, however both burned down in 1007, and again in 1144.

Suhrawardi

Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi (1144–1234), Iranian Sufi, nephew of Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi

Tomonaga

Minamoto no Tomonaga (1144-1160), a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period

William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber

William de Braose, (or William de Briouze), 4th Lord of Bramber (1144/1153 – 9 August 1211), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle.


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