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1101. Robert, Duke of Normandy, invades England and makes war on his brother, Henry I. Guelf, Duke of Bavaria, and William, Duke of Aquitaine, conduct a large body of crusaders to the East. United with those who set out in the preceding year, they are met by Kilidsch Arslan, on entering Asia Minor, and are cut to pieces or dispersed. 1102. Pope Paschal II obtains from Matilda a deed of gift of all her states to the Church. Coloman, King of Hungary, conquers Croatia and Dalmatia. 1103. Yussef's son Ali recognized as heir to the thrones of Spain and Africa. 1104. Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, defeats the Turks and captures Acre. Emperor Henry IV faces a rebellion of his son, incited by the papal party. 1105. Interview between Emperor Henry and his son at Elbingen; a diet is called to be held at Mainz for the settlement of their dispute. The English, under King Henry, take Caen and Bayeux in Normandy. Defeat of the Turks in an attempt to retake Jerusalem; Bohemond, Prince of Tarentum, who had taken Antioch from the Turks, made prisoner. 1106. King Henry I overthrows Duke Robert, who is captured, and secures Normandy. Death of Henry IV and accession of his son Henry V to the German throne; the new Emperor asserts his right to appoint bishops. 1108. Death of Philip, King of France; Louis VI, the Fat, succeeds. 1109. Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, assisted by a Venetian fleet, captures Tripoli. Portugal declared independent and the hereditary succession established in Count Henry's family. 1111. Emperor Henry V enters Rome; bloody contests between his soldiers and the people. Pope Paschal II, a prisoner, resigns the right of investiture and crowns the Emperor. 1113. Death of Swatopolk, Duke of Russia; his brother Vladimir succeeds. 1114. War in Wales; King Henry I erects castles there to secure his conquests. 1117. The Doge of Venice falls at Zara in defending Dalmatia against the Hungarians. 1118. "FOUNDATION OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR." See v, 301. On the death of Paschal II the cardinals elect Gelasius II; the Emperor appoints the Archbishop of Braga to assume the papal dignity under the name of Gregory VIII. The factions afterward known as the Guelfs and Ghibellines arose from this event. 1119. Battle of Noyon, by which Henry I reestablishes his ascendency in Normandy. Defeat of the Turks at Antioch by King Baldwin II and the Knights Hospitallers. Henry I resists t
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