Timeline August 1137

Events in August 1137 3

• 1081 – 1137 Louis VI of France (1081-1137) Died 1 August 1137, aged 55 Louis VI, called "the Fat," was King of France from 1108 and worked to subdue rebellious nobles in the Ile-de-France, strengthening the foundations of royal authority. He died a week after arranging his son Louis VII's marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine, and was succeeded by Louis VII.
• 1137 Byzantine emperor besieges Antioch Prince Raymond of Antioch submits to Byzantine overlordship John II Komnenos led a Byzantine army through Cilicia and on to Antioch, pressuring Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch, into recognizing him as overlord. The campaign reasserted Byzantine claims over the Crusader principality founded decades earlier.
• 1137 Betrothal uniting Aragon and Barcelona Dynastic union forming the future Crown of Aragon King Ramiro II of Aragon betrothed his infant daughter Petronila to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, who took the title Prince of Aragon and governed the kingdom in her name. Sealed in August 1137, the agreement joined Aragon and Catalonia into a single dynastic union that grew into the Crown of Aragon.