952

Events

By place

Europe

• Summer – At the Reichstag in Augsburg (assembled by King Otto I), joined by German nobles and bishops, Berengar of Ivrea pays homage. He becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom. Otto leaves a strong garrison at Pavia in the hands of his son-in-law Conrad the Red, duke of Lotharingia.

Scotland

• King Constantine II dies at the monastery of St. Andrews (where he has been retired since 943). His cousin and ruling monarch, Malcolm I, fights a battle against the Northmen or the Norse–Gaels.

Africa

• Summer – Kalbid forces under Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi (an aristocratic member of the ruling Fatimid Caliphate) sail from Sicily and invade Byzantine Calabria. He attacks several towns, including Gerace and Cassono.

Births

• Adelaide of Aquitaine, French queen consort (or 945)
• Adela of Hamaland, Frankish countess and regent (d. 1021)
• Fakhr al-Dawla, emir of Gurgan and Tabaristan (d. 997)
• Sa'd al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo (d. 991)
• Song, Chinese empress consort (d. 995)

Deaths

• June 15 – Murong Yanchao, Chinese general
• July 17 – Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (b. 913)
• September 6 – Suzaku, emperor of Japan (b. 923)
• September 10 – Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (b. 885)
• December 17 – Hugh the Black, duke of Burgundy
• date unknown
  • Alan II (Wrybeard), duke of Brittany
  • Constantine II, king of Alba (Scotland)
  • Li Jianxun, Chinese official and chancellor
  • Mansur ibn Qara-Tegin, Samanid governor

References

References

1. Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 247. {{ISBN. 978-0-521-36447-8.
2. ''Early Sources'', p. 451. The corresponding entry in the [[Annals of the Four Masters]], 950, states that the Northmen were the victors, which would suggest that it should be associated with [[Eric Bloodaxe]].
3. (February 24, 2011). "The Oxford companion to Scottish history". Oxford University Press.