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1060 in France

Explore 7 historical events and records for France in 1060.

Historical records for France in 1060

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September

Birth of Godfrey of Bouillion

Godfrey of Bouillion ยท Boulogne-sur-Mer-sur-Mer ยท House / House of Bouillion

Birth of Godfrey of Bouillion, the second son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne-sur-Mer, and Ida, daughter of the Lotharingian Duke Godfrey the Bearded by his first wife, Doda

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Capture of Cariati

Guiscard, Robert ยท Cariati ยท Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars

Guiscard returned to Calabria, where his army was besieging Cariati. After his arrival, Cariati submitted and, before winter was out, Rossano and Gerace followed

Capture of Gerace

Guiscard, Robert ยท Gerace ยท Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars

Guiscard returned to Calabria, where his army was besieging Cariati. After his arrival, Cariati submitted and, before winter was out, Rossano and Gerace followed

Capture of Rossano

Guiscard, Robert ยท Rossano ยท Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars

Guiscard returned to Calabria, where his army was besieging Cariati. After his arrival, Cariati submitted and, before winter was out, Rossano and Gerace followed

Death of Henry I

Henry I ยท Dreux ยท House / House of Capetian

Death of Henry I

Invasion of Sicily

Guiscard, Robert ยท Sicily ยท Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars

The dHautvilles cross the Straits of Messina & to capture Sicily from the Saracens

Succession

Geoffrey III ยท House / House of Anjou

Succeeds as Count of Anjou

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