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1086 in History

Browse historical records dated to 1086. Records are rendered from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

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Historical Events in 1086

1086

Capture of Toledo

Alfonso VI · Spain · Toledo

Captures the Visigoth capital of Spain & becomes "Emperor of Toledo"

1086

Direct Loyalty of Tenants

William I the Conqueror · England · Old Sarum

The Salisbury gathering emphasizes that major landholders owe allegiance to William regardless of intermediate feudal relationships.

1086

Oath

William I the Conqueror · England · Old Sarum

On Lammas Day William I summons 170 of his tenants-in-chief and other landowning men of any account to Old Sarum, where they all swore allegiance in person to him and to be faithful against all other men, this establishes feudalism

1086

Oath of Salisbury

William I the Conqueror · England · Old Sarum

William summons leading landholders to Old Sarum, where they swear loyalty directly to him.

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