Timeline October 1047

Events in October 1047 3

• 1005 – 1047 Pope Clement II (1005-1047) Died 9 October 1047, aged 42 Born Suidger von Morsleben in Saxony, he was installed as pope by Emperor Henry III in 1046 and crowned Henry and his wife on the same day. He died suddenly in Italy within a year of taking office, reportedly from lead poisoning, and was buried in Bamberg Cathedral, the only pope buried north of the Alps.
• 1024 – 1047 Magnus the Good (1024-1047) Died 25 October 1047, aged 23 Magnus Olafsson, known as Magnus the Good, ruled as King of Norway from 1035 and King of Denmark from 1042. He died childless near Zealand, leaving no heir to the union he had forged between the two kingdoms.
• 1047 Death of Magnus the Good splits Norway and Denmark Harald Hardrada and Sweyn Estridsen inherit separate crowns Following Magnus the Good's sudden death without an heir, the crowns of Norway and Denmark separated after years of personal union. Harald Hardrada took the Norwegian throne while Sweyn Estridsen secured Denmark, a division that set the stage for decades of conflict between the two kingdoms.