Death of Henry I of France
August 4, 1060
The Capetian king who had spent most of his reign fighting his brother and his vassals died at the monastery of Vitry-aux-Loges, leaving his eight-year-old son Philip I on a shaky throne. Count Baldwin V of Flanders served as regent, and the young king survived to reign for nearly fifty years.
In context
Also in 1060 (4 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
- Before: August 23, 1059: Treaty of Melfi
- After: 1061: Pisa raids Palermo
Before and after in Politics
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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