Alexander III

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Alexander III was the papal name of a 12th-century pope known for his conflicts with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his support of Thomas Becket against King Henry II of England.

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Label Occurrences
Alexander III canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cleric ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Roland of Siena ⓘ
Rolandus Bandinelli ⓘ
linked to: Rolando Bandinelli
birthName Rolando Bandinelli ⓘ
birthPlace Republic of Siena ⓘ
Siena ⓘ
burialPlace Civita Castellana ⓘ
conflict Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
convened Third Lateran Council ⓘ
councilDate 1179 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Siena ⓘ
deathPlace Civita Castellana ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bologna ⓘ
endTime 1181-08-30 ⓘ
hadAntipopeRival Callixtus III ⓘ
linked to: Pope Callixtus III

Paschal III ⓘ
Victor IV ⓘ
influenced Development of medieval canon law ⓘ
inOfficeDuring Becket–Henry II conflict ⓘ
linked to: Becket

Lombard League resistance to the Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
issued Various decretals on marriage law ⓘ
mediated Peace between Frederick I and the Lombard League ⓘ
notableWork Commentary on the Decretum of Gratian ⓘ
occupation canon lawyer ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
opponent Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
opposed Henry II of England ⓘ
papalElection Papal election of 1159 ⓘ
papalNumber 171 ⓘ
positionHeld Pope ⓘ
predecessor Adrian IV ⓘ
linked to: Hadrian IV
promoted Canonical procedure in ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
recognized Military Order of Alcántara ⓘ
linked to: Order of Alcántara

Military Order of Calatrava ⓘ
linked to: Order of Calatrava

Military Order of Santiago ⓘ
reform Regulation of papal elections by two-thirds majority of cardinals ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
signed Treaty of Venice ⓘ
linked to: Peace of Venice
startTime 1159-09-07 ⓘ
strengthened Papal authority over episcopal elections ⓘ
successor Lucius III ⓘ
linked to: Pope Lucius III
supported Canterbury Cathedral clergy ⓘ
Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: Saint Thomas Becket
yearOfTreatyOfVenice 1177 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Alexander III → papalNameNumber → Alexander III ⓘ
Rolando Bandinelli → papalName → Alexander III ⓘ
Roland of Siena → alsoKnownAs → Alexander III ⓘ
Roland of Siena → papalName → Alexander III ⓘ
Hadrian IV → successor → Alexander III ⓘ