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•  Pope Innocent II

  Pope Innocent II (died September 24, 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was pope from 1130 to 1143, and was probably one of the clergy in personal attendance on the antipope Clement III (Guibert of Ravenna).

  

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•  John II Komnenos

  John II Komnenos or Comnenus (September 13, 1087 – April 8, 1143) was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. Also known as Kaloïōannēs ("John the Beautiful"), he was the eldest son of emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. The second emperor of the Komnenian restoration of the Byzantine Empire, John was a pious and dedicated emperor who was determined to undo the damage his empire had suffered at the battle of Manzikert, half a century earlier.

  

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•  Fulk of Jerusalem

  Fulk (1089/1092 in Angers – 13 November 1143 in Acre), also known as Fulk the Younger, was Count of Anjou (as Fulk V) from 1109 to 1129, and King of Jerusalem from 1131 to his death. He was also the paternal grandfather of Henry II of England.

  

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•  William of Malmesbury

  William of Malmesbury (c. 1080/1095–c. 1143), English historian of the 12th century, was born about the year 1080/1095, in Wiltshire. His father was Norman and his mother English. He spent his whole life in England, and his adult life as a monk at Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire, England.

  

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•  Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy

  Hugh II of Burgundy (1084–1143) was duke of Burgundy between 1103 and 1143. Hugh was son of Odo I, Duke of Burgundy.

  

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•  Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford

  

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•  Erling Skakke

  Erling Skakke (1115 – 18 June 1179), the son of Kyrpinga-Orm, was a Norwegian strongman and Jarl during the 12th century. He earned his name crusading with the Earl of Orkney in the Mediterranean from 1152 to 1155. Erling first sailed to the Holy Land, then Constantinople, and lastly visited Rome. During a battle with Arab warriors on Sicily a sword-wielding Arab cut Erling in the neck. This caused him from then on to tilt his head to one side ("skakke" means slanted).

  

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•  Yahia Ben Yahi III

  Yahia Ben Yahi III, also known as Jahia Negro Ibn Ya'isch, was a Sephardi Jew born in Cordoba in 1115 to Yahia Ben Rabbi, also known as Yahya Ha-Nasi, Yahya Ibn Yaish or Don Yahia "El Negro",, the son of Yahia Ben Rabbi and said to be a direct descendent of the Exilarchs of Babylon. King Afonso I of Portugal entrusted Yahia Ben Yahi III with the post of supervisor of tax collection and nominated him the first Chief-Rabbi of Portugal.

  

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•  Welf VI

  Welf VI (1115 – 15 December 1191) was the margrave of Tuscany (1152–1162) and duke of Spoleto (1152–1162), the third son of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, and a member of the illustrious Italo-German family of the Welf. Welf inherited the familial possessions in Swabia, including the counties of Altdorf and Ravensburg, while his eldest brother Henry the Proud received the duchies of Bavaria and Saxony and his elder brother Conrad entered the church.

  

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•  Hugo Etherianis

  Hugh Etherianus (1115 – 1182), and his brother Leo Tuscus, were Tuscans by birth, employed at the court of Constantinople under the Emperor Manuel I Comnenus. Hugh was a Catholic theologian and controversialist, who became a Cardinal at the end of his life. Hugo says that he was "occupied in translating the imperial letters", evidently an interpreter for Latin correspondence.

  

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•  Creation myth

  A creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a supernatural story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and the universe, often as a deliberate act by one or more deities. Many creation myths share broadly similar themes. Common motifs include the fractionation of the things of the world from a primordial chaos; the separation of the mother and father gods; and land emerging from an infinite and timeless ocean.

  

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•  Second

  The second, sometimes abbreviated sec. , is the name of a unit of time, and is the International System of Units (SI) base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock. Early definitions of the second were based on the motion of the earth: 24 hours in a day meant that the second could be defined as ⁄86 400 of the average time required for the earth to complete one rotation about its axis.

  

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•  When I Fall in Love

  "When I Fall in Love" is a popular song, written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was introduced in the film One Minute to Zero. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it, though the original hit version was by Doris Day. Doris Day's recording was made on June 5, 1952. It was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39786 and issued with the flip side "Take Me in Your Arms. " The song reached number 20 on the Billboard chart.

  

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•  Minister of Education (Denmark)

  

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•  'Adan

  

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