1020 - 1049 A.D. - Habsburgs & The Holy Roman Empire

par Deborah Marino août 23, 2022

(Feature Photo: A painting of Habsburg Castle, by Johann Heinrich Müller; the castle was built around 1020; Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

1020

RULERS & ROYALTY: Canute is king of the English – Sancho III is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Robert II is king of West Francia (soon to be the Kingdom of France) – Henry II is the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – Benedict VIII is the 143rd pope/bishop of Rome

The Habsburg Castle is built around this year in what is now Habsburg, Switzerland in the canton of Aargau, near the Aar River, by Count Radbot, of the nearby county of Klettgau in the Duchy of Swabia, and Werner, Bishop of Strasbourg; it is Radbot’s grandson, Otto II, that takes the name of the castle’s name as his own (His line becomes the Habsburg Monarchy that rules from Vienna from 1278 to 1918 over the Austrian Empire, then the Austria-Hungary Empire) (Photo below: The remains of Habsburg Castle in Switzerland, it was once a much larger complex, but only two of its towers and a residential building remain; Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

The throne of the Holy Roman Empire was continuously occupied by the Habsburgs from 1440 until their extinction in the male line in 1740, then ruled again from 1765 until its dissolution un 1806

1021

1022

1023

1024

April 9, Pope Benedict VIII dies, and John XIX succeeds him as 145th pope/bishop of Rome

July 13, Henry II, the Holy Roman Emperor, dies

1025

RULERS & ROYALTY:

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The Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe

Sometime during the 11th century, the kingdom of Great Zimbabwe is established in southern Africa; It builds great dry-stone walls, and flourishes until the 15th century through foreign trade, with exotic imports including pottery from China (History of the World, Map by Map, Pg. 137)

Little is known about the kingdom, and there are no records of kings

1026

1027

1028

1029

1030

KINGS & RULERS: William V, Duke of Aquitaine, dies and his son, William VI becomes Duke of Aquitaine (d. 1038)

1031

1032

1033

1034

KINGS & RULERS: Duncan I “The Gracious” begins his rule of all Scotland

1035

Canute dies (buried in Winchester Cathedral)

1036

1037

1038

KINGS & RULERS: William VI, Duke of Aquitaine dies, and his half brother, Eudes becomes Duke of Aquitaine (d. 1039)

1039

KINGS & RULERS: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn becomes a ruler in Scotland – Conrad II is Holy Roman Emperor (includes Burgundy and Germany) until he dies on June 4 and there’s a gap with no emperor until 1046 – Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine, dies and his half-brother, William VII, becomes Duke of Aquitaine (d. 1058)

1040

August 15 Duncan I, king of Scotland, is killed in battle at Pitgavney, he is buried on the small island of Iona off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland; the island is mainly known for its abbey (see year 563)

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