Ruler · 1020 – 1085

Pope Gregory VII

Lived 1020 – 1085; diplomat, writer. Pope of Papal States, 1073 – 1085. The atlas files them under Holy Roman Empire.

Wikidata's English label: Gregory VII.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1020 – 1085; 65 years
In office: 12 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Papal States
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Pope

Papal States · the 66th of 163 dated reigns · 757 – 1878 · read from the line of Vatican City

62 before

Benedict X1058 – 1059

Pope Nicholas II1059 – 1061

Pope Alexander II1061 – 1073

Pope Gregory VII1073 – 1085

Victor III1086 – 1087

Pope Urban II1088 – 1099

Pope Paschal II1099 – 1118

94 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1073 – 1085 · 12 years · came to it aged 53

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1085, the year they died

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