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January 2025 1058 August 2017 1058 upright=1.35|thumb|King Malcolm III of Scotland (c. 1031–1093) Year 1058 (MLVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe March 17 – King Lulach ("the Unfortunate") of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and rival Malcolm III ("Canmore") who becomes king of the Scots.Panton James Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy 2011 Scarecrow Press 9780810874978 16 https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PR16 en September 20 – Empress Agnes de Poitou and King Andrew I ("the White") of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border zone in Burgenland (modern Austria). 4-year-old Judith of Swabia, youngest daughter of the late Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, is engaged to Prince Solomon of Hungary at Regensburg. Norman conquest of southern Italy: Norman forces under Richard Drengot besiege and capture Capua. He takes the princely title from Prince Landulf VIII. Bolesław II the Generous, eldest son of Casimir I the Restorer, succeeds his father after his death in Poznań and becomes duke of Poland.Bolesław II – king of Poland https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boleslaw-II Encyclopædia Britannica April 7, 2018 en Africa The Almoravids conquer the Barghawata, a group of Berber tribes, who have established an independent state in modern-day Morocco. By topic Religion Spring – Pope Stephen IX pronounces on the authenticity of the relics of Mary Magdalene at Vézelay Abbey in Burgundy, making it a major centre of pilgrimage. March 29 – Stephen IX dies of a severe illness after a pontificate of 7 months at Florence. He is succeeded by Nicholas II who will be installed the following year. November 6 – Byzantine Emperor Isaac I Komnenos deposes Michael I Cerularius, patriarch of Constantinople, and has him exiled to Prokonnessos (until 1059). Ealdred, archbishop of York, becomes the first English bishop to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Births Al-Ghazali, Persian theologian and jurist (approximate date) Ibn Bassam, Andalusian poet and historian (d. 1147) Synadene, queen consort of Hungary (approximate date) Theodora Anna Doukaina Selvo, Venetian dogaressa (d. 1083) Wynebald de Ballon, Norman nobleman (approximate date) Deaths March 1 – Ermesinde, countess and regent of Barcelona March 17 – Lulach ("the Unfortunate"), king of Scotland March 29 – Stephen IX, pope of the Catholic Church August 2 – Judith of Schweinfurt, duchess of Bohemia November 28 – Casimir I the Restorer, duke of Poland (b. 1016) Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Syrian physician (b. 980) Abu Muhammad al-Yazuri, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate Ælfwold II, bishop of Sherborne (approximate date) Al-Mawardi, Abbasid jurist and diplomat (b. 972) Boite mac Cináeda (or Bodhe), Scottish prince Centule IV Gaston ("the Old"), viscount of Béarn Egbert of Fulda, German Benedictine abbot Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, Persian poet and writer Flaithem Mac Mael Gaimrid, Irish poet and Chief Ollam Grigor Magistros, Armenian prince and governor Ilduara Mendes, countess and regent of Portugal Theophanu, abbess of Essen and Gerresheim William VII ("the Bold"), duke of Aquitaine (b. 1023) References