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| Abdication Benedict IX |  |
| Pope Benedict IX abdicates and, for a large sum of money, turns the papacy over to his godfather, archpriest John Gratian, who becomes Pope Gregory VI |
| Abdication Gregory VI | |
| Pope Benedict IX abdicates and, for a large sum of money, turns the papacy over to his godfather, archpriest John Gratian, who becomes Pope Gregory VI |
| Battle of Dunkeld Macbeth |  |
| Dunkeld Crinan, Duncan's father, fails to place his 2nd son Maldred on the throne |
| Dunkeld Crinan & Maldred are killed |
| Dunkeld Defeats & kills Duncan's father, Crinan, at Dunkeld |
| Marriage Edith of Wessex |  |
| 23rd Jan Edward marries Edith, daughter of Earl Godwin |
| 23rd Jan For religious reasons Edward will not consumate the marriage & will not have an heir |
| Marriage Edward the Confessor | |
| 23rd Jan Edward marries Edith, daughter of Earl Godwin |
| 23rd Jan For religious reasons Edward will not consumate the marriage & will not have an heir |
| Marriage Godwin | |
| Godwin secures the marriage of his daughter, Edith, to Edward the Confessor |
| Peerage Harold II | |
| Created Earl of East Anglia |
| Pope Gregory VI | |
| Vatican Appointed Pope |
| Pope Sylvester III | |
| Appointed Antipope |
| Resignation Sylvester III | |
| Sylvester III recognizes Gregory VI as Pope |
| Succession Go-Reizei |  |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan |
| Succession Harald III Hardrada |  |
| Succeeds as King of Norway, rules jointly with Magnus I, 1045-1047 |
