1325

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Year 1325 (MCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

= January – March =

= April – June =

  • April 20Elizabeth de Comyn, daughter of the late Guardian of Scotland, John Comyn III of Badenoch, is forced to sign away her title to her properties in England at Painswick and at Goodrich Castle to Hugh Despenser the Elder after being kidnapped in 1324 and imprisoned in England at Pirbright.Kathryn Warner, Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II: Downfall of a King's Favourite (Pen & Sword Books, 2018)
  • May 5 – The Istrian Demarcation, setting out the boundaries of disputed Italian territories in the Adriatic Sea peninsula of Istria (part of the modern-day Republic of Croatia), and confirms the agreement between the independent Italian states of Aquileia, Gorizia, and the Venetian Republic. The document is published in three languages (Latin, German and Croatian).
  • May 10Pope John XXII issues a papal bull to King Robert of Naples and to Charles, Duke of Calabria demanding the imprisonment of the Fraticelli in Naples and their leader, Fra Enrico da Ceva. The demand, and several subsequent admonitions, is ignored by Robert and Charles.[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06244b.htm "Fraticelli"], by Michael Bihl, in The Catholic Encyclopedia online, NewAdvent.org
  • May 20 – Led by Michael of Cesena, the Michaelites, a French branch of the Spiritual Franciscans who have been accused of heresy within the Roman Catholic Church in a disagreement over the issue of a vow of poverty, assemble at Lyon in France and agree to make peace with the Church and to make no further disrespectful references to Pope John XXII.
  • May 24 – In Germany, Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg cedes the territories of Prignitz and the Uckermark to the Margraviate of Brandenburg in an unfavorable peace treaty signed at Daber (modern-day Dobra Nowogardzka in Poland)."Heinrich II., der Löwe, Fürst von Mecklenburg", by Ludwig Fromm, in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (Duncker & Humblot, 1880) pp. 541–542
  • June 5 – At Stuttgart in Germany, Ulrich III becomes the new Count of Württemberg upon the death of his father, Eberhard I."Eberhard der Erlauchte", by Paul Friedrich von Stälin, in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 5 (Duncker & Humblot, 1877) pp.554–555
  • June 14 – (2 Rajab 725 AH) Ibn Battuta, Moroccan scholar and explorer, sets off from his hometown of Tangier on a hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca.Dunn, Ross E. (2005). The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, p. 30. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-24385-9}}. En route, he travels to Tlemcen, Béjaïa and Tunis, where he stays for two months. For safety, Ibn Battuta joins a caravan to reduce the risk of being robbed. Underway, he takes a bride in Sfax, but soon leaves her due to a dispute with her father. Traveling more than any other explorer before the modern era, he will travel an estimated {{convert|73000|mi}} over the next 30 years, more than twice as much as Zheng He in the 15th century and three times as far as Marco Polo in the 14th century.
  • June 22Ismail, Sultan of Granada, begins the siege of Martos in the Spanish Kingdom of Castile, but loses control of his troops, who pillage the city after two weeks.

= July – September =

  • July 8 – (26 Rajab 725 AH) Sultan Ismail I is murdered in his palace, the Alhambra, after a 9-year reign. The attackers are captured and beheaded. Ismail is succeeded by his 10-year-old son Muhammad IV, who becomes the new ruler of the Emirate of Granada. Vizier Muhammad ibn al-Mahruq, serving as wakil (or regent), quarrels for control of the young sultan's government.O'Callaghan, Joseph F. (2011). The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait, p. 149. University of Pennsylvania Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8122-0463-6}}.
  • August 7Battle of Varey: The 16-year-old Guigues VIII, local ruler (dauphin) of Vienne, defeats the Savoyard forces at Saint-Jean-le-Vieux. During the battle, a Burgundian cavalry charge is repulsed and is forced back to the Savoyard camp. With the assistance of the Varey garrison, Guigues pillages the camp and takes John I, Count of Auxerre, prisoner.Nicolle, David (2012). Osprey: European Medieval Tactics (2): New Infantry, New Weapons 1260–1500, p. 23. {{ISBN|978-1849087391}}.
  • August 11 – At Valladolid, Alfonso XI reaches the age of 14 and is proclaimed by the Cortes to have full power as the King of Castile.Juan Torres Fontes, "Evolución del Concejo de Murcia en la Edad Media", Murgetana (1987) pp. 21–22
  • September 12 – Edward II is persuaded not to go to France by Hugh Despenser the Elder, his chief adviser. He decides to send his 12-year-old son, Prince Edward of Windsor, to go to Paris and to pay homage instead. Before the young Edward departs, he is bestowed with the title of Count of Ponthieu. Charles IV gives his consent for him to receive the English Aquitaine.Tuck, Anthony (1985). Crown and Nobility 1272–1461: Political Conflict in Late Medieval England, p. 88. London: Fontana. {{ISBN|0-00-686084-2}}.
  • September 21 – Isabella of France conspires with the exiled Roger Mortimer to have Edward II deposed. To build up diplomatic and military support, Isabella has Edward of Windsor engaged to the 12-year-old Philippa of Hainault. She is the daughter of Count William the Good of Hainaut, who is married to Joan of Valois, granddaughter of the late King Philip III of France.Prestwich, Michael C. (1980). The Three Edwards: War and State in England 1272–1377, p. 216. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. {{ISBN|0-297-77730-0}}.Mortimer, Ian (2006). The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation, p. 46. London: Jonathan Cape. {{ISBN|0-224-07301-X}}.
  • September 24Edward, Prince of Wales pays homage to King Charles IV of France on behalf of his father, King Edward II of England.

= October – December =

  • October 10 – King Edward II calls for representatives of the three estates (including the knights representative) to meet at Westminster for a session of the English Parliament, beginning on November 18 to discuss the matter of the failure of his wife, Queen Isabella, to return from France.William Stubbs, The Constitutional History of England, in Its Origin and Development (Clarendon Press, 1875) p.358
  • October 18 – King Edward II sends a letter to Pope John XXII (who is in Avignon in France), expressing deep concern for Queen Isabella's failure to return home from Paris.Paul Doherty, Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II (Little, Brown Book Group, 2013)
  • November 15War of the Bucket: At the Battle of Zappolino in northern Italy, the 7,000-man Ghibelline forces backed by the Holy Roman Empire defeat the much stronger (32,000-men) Guelph army under sent by Pope John XXII near Bologna. After the battle, Ghibelline influence in the region is consolidated.Christopher Kleinhenz (2004). Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages, p. 507. Routledge. {{ISBN|1135948801}}.James D. Tracy (2002). Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War: Campaign Strategy, International Finance and Domestic Politics, p. 39. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0521814316}}.
  • November 21Yuri III Danilovich, Grand Duke of Moscow, is assassinated by Dmitry of Tver, Grand Duke of Vladimir, nicknamed "the Terrible Eyes". Yuri's younger brother, Iván I Danilovich Kalitá, the Grand Duke of Vladimir, inherits Yuri's throne and relocates the spiritual capital of the Russian people to Moscow by directing the Metropolitan Peter to move his episcopal see from Kiev. The decision of both Ivan and Peter to relocate gradually makes Moscow the political center of Russia.
  • December 1 – King Edward II of England makes one final attempt to save his marriage to Queen Isabella, and sends her a letter ordering her to return from France to England immediately, writing that "Oftentimes have we informed you, both before an after the homage, of our great desire to have you with us, and of our grief of heart at your long absence," and adds that he is aware of her affair with Roger Mortimer and that "ceasing from all pretenses, delays and excuses, you come to us with all the haste you can."Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest (George Bell and Sons, 1882) pp.96-97 She declines to come back.
  • December 16Charles, Count of Valois, uncle of King Charles IV of France and heir apparent to the throne, dies at the age of 55 at Nogent-le-Roi, leaving his son Philip as heir to the throne.

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