1109 Explained

Year 1109 (MCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

July 12 - Siege of Tripoli: After a 7-year siege (supported by the Genoese fleet), Tripoli falls to the Crusaders. Fakhr al-Mulk ibn Ammar, qadi of Tripoli, submits to Bertrand of Toulouse (the eldest son of Raymond IV). He establishes the County of Tripoli, the fourth Crusader state in the Middle East. Bertrand deposes Raymond's nephew William II as nominal count of Tripoli, who dies of an arrow wound sustained during the siege.

Summer - Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf organizes a public ritual of penance (auto-da-fé) of the works of Al-Ghazali, in front of the Great Mosque of Cordoba.^[1]
July 1 - Urraca of León becomes queen of León, Castile and Galicia after the death of her father, King Alfonso VI. She marries Alfonso I.
August 10 - Battle of Nakło: Bolesław III leads an expedition into Pomerania. He besieges the castle of Nakło, and defeats a Pomeranian relief force.
August 24
- Siege of Głogów

German forces led by King Henry V besiege Głogów. He is forced to abandon the siege – due to attacks of Polish guerilla warriors.

- Battle of Hundsfeld: Bolesław III defeats the imperial forces under Henry V at Hundsfeld. The Germans are ambushed by the Polish forces.
The Almoravid army, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, fails to reconquer Toledo (lost in 1085).^[2]

Anselm of Laon, French monk and theologian, becomes chancellor of the cathedral at Laon (approximate date).

Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 86.
Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 84.