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2 unusual facts about 1204


Normandy campaigns of 1200–1204

In late 1203, John attempted to relieve Château Gaillard, which although besieged by Philip was still guarding the eastern flank of Normandy.

King Philip II of France conquered the Anglo-Angevin territories in Normandy, resulting in the Siege of Château Gaillard.


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Alexios Angelos

Alexios IV Angelos (1182–1204), Byzantine emperor from August 1203 to January 1204

Byzantine university

The Crusaders's capture of Constantinople in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade ended all support for higher education, although the government in exile in Nicaea gave some support to individual private teachers.

Church of St. George, Istanbul

Some of the bones of these two saints, which were looted from Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, were returned to the Church of St George by Pope John Paul II in 2004.

Constantine Laskaris

According to "The Latins in the Levant. A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566)" by William Miller, the seven brothers may also have had a sister, the wife of Marco I Sanudo and mother of Angelo Sanudo.

Duchy of Philippopolis

The Duchy of Philippopolis was a short-lived duchy of the Latin Empire founded after the collapse and partition of the Byzantine Empire in 1204.

Ebbesbourne Wake

Geoffrey de Wak became Lord of the manor in 1204, but although his relationship to Hereward the Wake is unknown, the shield of Hereward's coat of arms can today be seen on the church tower.

Emperor of Constantinople

the Latin Emperors, who ruled in the city from 1204 to 1261, as well as the later pretenders to this title

Geashill

An Anglo-Norman settlement was built here between 1185 and 1204 by the first Baron of Offaly, Gerald Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, an ancestor of the Earls of Kildare.

Gorey, Jersey

After the division of the Duchy of Normandy in 1204, the strategic location of the harbour led to the construction of the castle of Mont Orgueil to protect the island against the French, also serving as residence for Governors of Jersey until the late 16th century when Elizabeth Castle was constructed off Saint Helier.

Helena of Denmark

Helena and William had one son, the future Duke, Otto I the child of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1204-1252).

Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent

In 1204 de Burgh was given charge of the great castle of Chinon.

Jatrabari Thana

Jatrabari Thana (Postal code: 1204) located at the starting point of Dhaka-Chittagong Highway and bordered with Motijheel & Demra Police Station.

João Soares de Paiva

If it was Peter II, then the poem was probably written either between 1200 and 1204, during a period of conflict between Navarre and Aragon, or in September 1213, while Peter was in Languedoc, where he died in the Battle of Muret.

Leopold Eidlitz

Mr. Dudley was a descendant of both Thomas Dudley (1576–1653), of the Massachusetts Bay Corporation, and second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; and Henry II of England (1133–1189) and Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204).

Luca Cancellari

Admirable icons that ended up in Western Europe after the conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204, like the Madonna Nicopeia in St Mark's Basilica in Venice, the Madonna di San Luca in the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca in Bologna, the Madonna Salus Populi Romani in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome and other with Greek inscriptions of that period are attributed to him.

Lucedio Abbey

Lucedio contributed in its turn to the expansion of the Cistercian Order by giving birth to three daughter-houses over the next eighty years: S. Maria di Chiaravalle della Castagnola (1147) in the Marche, Rivalta Scrivia (1180) near Tortona and Acqualunga (1204) near Pavia.

Middleton Park

At the northern end of park there is an earthwork from 1204 demarcating the boundary between Middleton and Beeston.

Mumyōzōshi

Hypotheses include Fujiwara no Shunzei (c.1114 -1204); his granddaughter, often called "Shunzei's Daughter" (c. 1171 - 1252); Jōkaku (1147-1226); and Shikishi Naishinnō (1149-1201); but strongest support is for Shunzei's daughter.

Pilgrim II

Pellegrino II of Aquileia (died 1204), a patriarch of Aquileia in northern Italy

Piran Kaliyar Sharif

After the death of his father, Syed Abul Rahim, his mother, brought him to Pakpattan in 1204 to Baba Fareed.

Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse

6. January 1204, in Perpignan, he married his last wife Eleanor of Aragon, daughter of King Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile.

Raymond-Roger, Count of Foix

His sister, Esclarmonde de Foix, was also a parfaite, receiving the Consolamentum at Fanjeaux in 1204.

Renaud I, Count of Dammartin

Following the acquisition of Normandy in April 1204, King Philip granted Renaud the county of Mortain and the honor of Warenne which was centered on the fortresses of Mortemer and Bellencombre.

Renier of Trit

Renier was granted Philippopolis and the territory as far as the river Maritsa by Emperor Baldwin I following the October 1204 partition of the conquered and yet to be conquered lands of the Byzantine Empire.

Sheffield Castle

Maud de Lovetot married Gerard de Furnival in 1204 and the castle and town of Sheffield passed to the Furnival family.

Theodoric I, Margrave of Lusatia

His illegitimate son Theodoric, by a mistress named Cunigunde, widowed Countess of Plötzkau, was legitimated on 12 May 1203 and became Bishop of Merseburg in 1204.

Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick

Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick (1153 – 12 December 1204) was the younger son of Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick and Gundred de Warrenne, daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth de Vermandois.

Westerglen transmitting station

A number of items in the BBC Radio 4 schedule are carried on the longwave frequency only: these include Yesterday In Parliament at 0835–0900 on Tuesdays to Fridays, The Daily Service at 0945–1000 on Mondays to Fridays, the Shipping Forecast at 1201–1204 daily and 1754–1757 on Mondays to Fridays, and Test Match Special during international cricket games.


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