1046

January 2025 1046 1046 upright=1.35|thumb|Pope Clement II (r. 1046–1047) Year 1046 (MXLVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe Autumn – King Henry III ("the Black") travels to Italy to secure the imposition of Guido da Velate, archbishop of Milan, and other similarly loyal candidates in other sees (like Ravenna, Verona and Modena). Vata pagan uprising in the Kingdom of Hungary: Peter, King of Hungary ("the Venetian"), is overthrown after a 2-year reign and perhaps executed. Bishops Gerard of Csanád and Bystrík (or Bestricus) are stoned to death in Budapest. Britain Ealdred, bishop of Worcester, leads troops from England on an unsuccessful punitive raid against the Welsh leaders Gruffydd ap Rhydderch, Rhys ap Rhydderch and Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.Huscroft Richard Ruling England 1042–1217 Pearson Longman London 2005 0-582-84882-2 49Maund Kari L. The Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords and Princes Tempus Stroud 2006 0-7524-2973-6 89–90 Asia Bao Zheng (Lord Bao), a Chinese government officer during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, writes a memorial to the throne. He warns about governmental corruption – and a foreseeable bankruptcy of the Chinese iron industry – if increasingly poorer families continued to be listed on the register for iron-smelting households (while rich households avoid being listed for fear of financial calamity). Apparently the government heeds the warning, and produces more iron products by the year 1078 than China ever had before. Munjong is crowned the 11th king of Goryeo (Korea). By topic Exploration March 5 – Nasir Khusraw begins his 7-year Middle Eastern (19,000-kilometre) journey, which he later describes in the book Safarnāmé. Religion Summer – Ex-Pope Benedict IX gives up a renewed attempt to reclaim the papal throne in Rome; Sylvester III reasserts his claim. December 20 – Pope Gregory VI is accused of simony at the Council of Sutri, and abdicates as pope of the Catholic Church. December 25 – Pope Clement II succeeds Gregory VI as the 149th pope, and crowns Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor. Hildesheim Cathedral (Germany) is largely destroyed by fire. Births May 8 – Constance of Burgundy, queen consort of Castile and León (d. 1093) Afridun I ("the Martyr"), ruler (shah) of Shirvan (d. 1120) Bernard of Thiron, founder of the Tironensian Order (d. 1117) Ingegerd, queen of Denmark and Sweden (approximate date) Leo of Ostia ("Marsicanus"), Italian cardinal (d. 1115) Masud Sa'd Salman, Persian poet and writer (d. 1121) Matilda, margravine of Tuscany (d. 1115) (approximate date)Matilda of Canossa countess of Tuscany https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matilda-of-Canossa Encyclopædia Britannica March 18, 2019 en Deaths January 24 – Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (or Ekkehard), German nobleman (b. 985) February 26 – Fujiwara no Sanesuke, Japanese nobleman (b. 957) March – Lyfing of Winchester, English abbot and bishop June 24 – Jeongjong II, king of Goryeo (b. 1018) July 18 – Elijah, bishop of Beth Nuhadra (b. 975) September 24 – Gerard of Csanád, Hungarian missionary bishop, killed September 27 – Bystrík (or Bestricus), Hungarian bishop, killed Art Uallach Ua Ruairc, Irish king of Connacht Eido II (or Egidius), bishop of Meissen (or 1045) Geoffrey II, count of Gâtinais (approximate date) Gothelo II, duke of Lower Lorraine (b. 1008) Oliba, Spanish count, abbot and bishop Richard of Verdun, French abbot (b. 970) William Iron Arm, Norman nobleman References