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EventsPope Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the Knights Templar. King Afonso I of Portugal, then Count of Portugal defeats his mother, Teresa of Leon, in battle and gains control of the county. Geoffrey of Anjou marries Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England. Holyrood Abbey founded in Edinburgh by David I, King of Scotland. Births Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman Deaths Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham Gabriel II, Coptic pope Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad dynasty
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