1088 deaths

11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary

11th-century Sufi scholar and saint

medieval theologian (vers 990-1088)

Count of Salm; German anti-king

Byzantine usurper

Norman warrior in the Battle of Hastings, died 1088

Hammadid ruler

German cleric and Bishop of Halberstadt (c.1028–1088)

Wezilo, died 1088, was Archbishop of Mainz from 1084 to 1088. He was a leading supporter of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV in the Investiture Controversy, and of antipope Clement III.

Catholic archbishop of Salzburg

Catholic cardinal

Irish abbot and scribe

Roman Catholic bishop

Benedictine monk and chronicler