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In 1137 William joined the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela , but died of suspected food poisoning during the trip. On his deathbed, he expressed his wish to see king Louis VI of France as protector of his fifteen-year-old daughter Eleanor, and to find her a suitable husband. Louis VI naturally accepted this guardianship and married the heiress of Aquitaine to his own son, Louis VII .
1099
| 1099 • Supposed founding of the Priory of Sion |
1123
Age: 24y
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birth of childEleanor of Aquitaine France ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1123 • First Council of the Lateran convenes in Rome; it confirms the Concordat of Worms (1122) and demands clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church. |
1137
Apr 9
Age: 38y
| 1137 • The Ethiopian Empire is established under the Zagwe dynasty. |