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Pope Alexander II (1010/1015 – 21 April 1073), born Anselm of Baggio, [1] was the head of the Roman Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1061 to his death in 1073. Born in Milan , Anselm was deeply involved in the Pataria reform movement.
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A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to an alleged beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you ...
Battle Abbey remained in the Webster family until 1857, when it was sold to Lord Harry Vane, later Duke of Cleveland. On the death of the Duchess of Cleveland in 1901, the estate was bought back by Sir Augustus Webster, 7th baronet. [7] Sir Augustus (son of Sir Augustus, 7th baronet) was born in 1864 and succeeded his father as 8th baronet in 1886.
Alexander II Zabinas, king of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 128–123 BC; Alexander (912–913), Eastern Roman emperor; Pope Alexander II of Alexandria, ruled in 702–729; Patriarch Alexander II of Alexandria; Pope Alexander II (died 1073), pope from 1061 to 1073; Alexander II of Scotland (1198–1249), king of Scots
Harold II, King of England, for perhaps politically motivated reasons by Pope Alexander II in order to justify the invasion and takeover of the kingdom by William the Conqueror in 1066. [39] Bolesław II the Generous, Duke of Poland, was excommunicated in 1080 after murdering the bishop Saint Stanislaus of Kraków.
Vasili Osipanov (1887) conspiracy to assassinate Alexander III; Joseph O'Sullivan (1922) assassination of Sir Henry Wilson; Rüştü Pasha (1926) conspiracy to assassinate Mustafa Kemal Pasha; Sophia Perovskaya (1881) assassination of Alexander II; Peter, son of Töre (1198) assassination of Gertrude of Merania; Claude Piegts (1962 ...
In 1062 papal legates of Alexander II came to England. They did not depose Stigand, and even consulted with him and treated him as archbishop. [66] He was allowed to attend the council they held and was an active participant with the legates in the business of the council. [67] Many of the bishops in England did not want to be consecrated by ...