952 Explained

Year 952 (CMLII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

Summer - At the Reichstag in Augsburg (assembled by King Otto I), joined by German nobles and bishops, Berengar of Ivrea pays homage. He becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom. Otto leaves a strong garrison at Pavia in the hands of his son-in-law Conrad the Red, duke of Lotharingia.^[1]

Scotland

King Constantine II dies at the monastery of St. Andrews (where he has been retired since 943). His cousin and ruling monarch, Malcolm I, fights a battle against the Northmen or the Norse–Gaels.^[2]

Africa

Summer - Kalbid forces under Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi (an aristocratic member of the ruling Fatimid Caliphate) sail from Sicily and invade Byzantine Calabria. He attacks several towns, including Gerace and Cassono.

Births

Adelaide of Aquitaine, French queen consort (or 945)
Adela of Hamaland, Frankish countess and regent (d. 1021)
Fakhr al-Dawla, emir of Gurgan and Tabaristan (d. 997)
Sa'd al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo (d. 991)
Song, Chinese empress consort (d. 995)

Deaths

June 15 - Murong Yanchao, Chinese general
July 17 - Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (b. 913)
September 6 - Suzaku, emperor of Japan (b. 923)
September 10 - Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (b. 885)
December 17 - Hugh the Black, duke of Burgundy
date unknown
- - - Alan II (Wrybeard), duke of Brittany Constantine II, king of Alba (Scotland)^[3]
- Li Jianxun, Chinese official and chancellor
- Mansur ibn Qara-Tegin, Samanid governor

Notes and References

Timothy Reuter (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 247. .
Early Sources, p. 451. The corresponding entry in the Annals of the Four Masters, 950, states that the Northmen were the victors, which would suggest that it should be associated with Eric Bloodaxe.
Book: Lynch . Michael . The Oxford companion to Scottish history . February 24, 2011 . Oxford University Press . 9780199693054 . 106.