TDIH - February 9 This Day in (Medieval) History: February 9 474 – Zeno became co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. 967 – Death of Sayf al-Dawla, Emir of Aleppo. 978 – Death of Luitgarde of Vermandois, wife of Count Theobald I of Blois. 1003 – Duke Boleslaus III of Bohemia was reinstalled as duke of Bohemia by Duke Boles?aw I of Poland. 1011 – Death of Duke Bernard I of Saxony. 1060 – Birth of Pope Honorius II. 1251 – Death of Duke Matthias II of Lorraine. 1274 – Birth of Saint Louis of Toulouse, member of the House of Anjou and Bishop of Toulouse. 1313 – Birth of Maria of Portugal, wife of Alfonso XI of Castile. 1344 – Birth of Count Meinhard III of Tyrol. 1407 – Death of William I, Margrave of Meissen. 1441 – Birth of Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet and artist. 1450 – Death of Agnes Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France.