1128

Events

• 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 built in Edinburgh

Births

• Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman

Deaths

• Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham
• Gabriel II, Coptic pope
• Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad dynasty