Emperor Henry IV protects the German Jews.
Death of Albert Azzo, Marquis of Lombardy, more than 100 years old; he was father of Guelf IV, the progenitor of the Brunswick family, afterward one of the English royal lines.
The crusaders take Nicaea; the Eastern emperor Alexius, suspicious of the crusaders, obtains the city of Nicasa for himself. See "[THE FIRST CRUSADE]," v, 276.
1098. Edgar, son of Malcolm, seated on the throne of Scotland by Edgar Atheling with an English army.
Pope Urban II holds a council at Bari to condemn the doctrines of the Greek Church.
1099. Jerusalem captured by the crusaders. See "[THE FIRST CRUSADE]," v, 276.
Founding of the order of the Knights Hospitallers; Gerard of Jerusalem the first provost or grand master.
Coronation of Henry V, second son of the Emperor, as king of the Romans.
1100. New antipopes arise on the death of Guibert (Clement III), one of whom assumes the name of Sylvester IV.
William Rufus accidentally slain; Henry I becomes king of England; he renews the laws of Edward the Confessor and unites the Saxon and Norman races by his marriage with Matilda, granddaughter of Edmund "Ironside."