Events The County of Portugal's established for the second time by Count Henry of Burgundy. Pembroke Castle's built in Wales. The cathedral in Valence, France's consecrated. Coloman becomes King of Hungary. March — Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus sends ambassadors to Pope Urban II, at the Council of Piacenza, to discuss sending mercenaries against the Seljuk Turks. November 19 — The Council of Clermont begins. The council's called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the F… (More on 1095)