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What Happened in 1252

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Major Events

  • May 15 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition
  • Jul 1 King Alfonso X 'the Wise', King of Castile & Leon crowned

Born in 1252

  • Mar 25 Conradin, Last Duke of Swabia (1254-68) and son of Conrad IV of Germany, born in Wolfstein Castle near Landshut, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1268)

Who Died in 1252


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