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February 2011 1140 1140 upright=1.35|thumb|Conrad III at the Siege of Weinsberg Year 1140 (MCXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant Spring – King Fulk of Jerusalem confronts Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler (atabeg) of Mosul, near Dara'a in southern Syria.David Nicolle (2009). Osprey: Campaign 204. The Second Crusade 1148: Disaster outside Damascus, p. 15. 978-184603-354-4. Turkish forces under Mu'in al-Din (supported by the Crusaders) besiege Banias. Europe Spring – King Conrad III enfeoffs Henry II ("Jasomirgott"), a member of the House of Babenberg, with the County Palatine of the Rhine (belonging to the Holy Roman Empire). Summer – King Roger II promulgates the Assizes of Ariano (a series of laws to rule the Norman Kingdom of Sicily) after the pacification of southern Italy. December 21 – Siege of Weinsberg: Conrad III captures the castle at Weinsberg during the civil war between the Staufers and the Welfs in Germany. England and Scotland Summer – King Stephen appoints Geoffrey de Mandeville as Earl of Essex for his support during the civil war against Matilda (Stephen's cousin). The town of Lanark in Scotland is made a Royal Burgh by King David I, giving it merchant privileges relating to government and taxation. Asia August 21 – Jin–Song Wars – Battle of Yancheng: Chinese forces under the command of Yue Fei defeat a numerically superior Jin army led by Wuzhu. By topic Religion June 3 – Pierre Abelard, a French theologian, is condemned for heresy by the Council of Sens. He sets out for Rome to present his defense to Pope Innocent II. September 8 – Sephardi Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi, having completed the Kuzari, arrives in Alexandria on a pilgrimage to Palestine. The first Cistercian monastery in Spain is founded in Fitero.Fletcher R. A. Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150 Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 1987 37 5 31–47 [45] 10.2307/3679149 3679149 154629568 The order enjoys a rapid expansion in the region in the following 15 years. Literature Gratian, an Italian monk and canon lawyer, founds the science of Canon law with the publication of the Decretum Gratiani (approximate date). Births May 28 – Xin Qiji, Chinese military leader (d. 1207) Adela of Champagne, queen of France (d. 1206) Alan Fitz Walter, Scottish High Steward (d. 1204) Cadfan ap Cadwaladr, Welsh nobleman (d. 1215) Davyd Rostislavich, Kievan Grand Prince (d. 1197) Domhnall Caomhánach, king of Leinster (d. 1175) Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi, German rabbi (d. 1225) Fujiwara no Tashi, Japanese empress (d. 1202) Gerard de Ridefort, Flemish Grand Master (d. 1189) Hedwig, margravine of Meissen (approximate date) Hugh de Paduinan, Norman nobleman (d. 1189) John I, archbishop of Trier (approximate date) John I, Norman nobleman (approximate date) John of Ford, English Cistercian abbot (d. 1224) Manfred II, marquess of Saluzzo (approximate date) Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese nobleman (d. 1160) Peter Waldo, French spiritual leader (d. 1205) Raymond III, crusader and count of Tripoli (d. 1187) Raymond the Palmer, Italian pilgrim (d. 1200) Simon II, duke of Lorraine (approximate date) Sophia of Minsk, queen of Denmark (d. 1198) Walter Map, Welsh clergyman and writer (d. 1210) William FitzRalph, English High Sheriff (d. 1200) Yuan Cai, Chinese scholar and official (d. 1195) Deaths January 12 – Louis I, German nobleman February 6 – Thurstan, archbishop of York February 14 Leo I, prince of Armenia Soběslav I, duke of Bohemia April 7 – Aibert, French monk and hermit (b. 1060) August 21 – Yang Zaixing, Chinese general August 31 – Godebold, bishop of Meissen September 15 – Adelaide, duchess consort of Bohemia November 16 – Wulgrin II, count of Angoulême Baldwin of Rieti, Italian Benedictine abbot Diego Gelmírez, Galician archbishop (b. 1069) Gaucherius, French priest and hermit (b. 1060) Hugh the Chanter, English historian and writer Kumarapala, Indian ruler of the Pala Empire Lhachen Naglug, Indian ruler of Ladakh (b. 1110) Li Gang, Chinese Grand Chancellor (b. 1083) Toba Sōjō, Japanese artist-monk (b. 1053) Wanyan Xiyin, Chinese chief adviser Approximate date – Honorius Augustodunensis, French theologian References