In year 1,126, reigning Alfonso VII, (1.126-1.157), the first holy year Compostelano is celebrated and was proclaimed by the Pope Calixto II. Alfonso VII, called the Emperor, was son of Urraca and Raimundo, count of Galicia. In year 1,128 Alfonso married with Berenguela and they had two children Sancho and Fernando, between who the Kingdom was divided. In 1.135 Emperor of Leon proclaimed itself along with his wife Berenguela

The illustrious ones were many travelling, that during this century, visited the tomb of the Apostle: Guido de Albiona, count of Albou (1.102); Guillermo X, Duke of Aquitania, that dies before the tomb of Santiago in year 1.137.

In year 1,140, Aymeric Picaud, takes the Calixtino Codex to Santiago (written by he himself, according to some historians, but attributed to the Pope Calixto II by the monks of Cluny.)

Luis VII of France was travelling in 1.154; Conrado I in 1.164; Enrique, Duke of Sajonia in year 1.185; Saint Morando, Saint Alberto, Guillermo de Reims and Abbot Enrique III, prostrated themselves before the Apostle in year 1.190.

On the other hand, in year 1,170, King Alfonso VIII, in agreement with the Pope Alexander III, creates the Order of the Horsemen of Santiago for the protection of the travelling ones. In 1.181, the same Pope Alexander III, grants to the privilege of the Jubileo by means of the Bula Regis Aeterni. And finally, in year 1,188, the Mateo Teacher finalizes his work: The Porch of the Glory.

OTHER EVENTS HAPPENED IN THIS CENTURY

Year 1.110. The bourgeois of Sahagún revolt against the religious authority.

Year 1.112. Concession of privileges to Puente la Reina.

Year 1.116. Bourgeois revolt in Santiago against the prelate Diego Gelm¡rez.

Year 1.125. Peregrination of countess Matilde, widow of the emperor Enrique V of Germany and daughter of king Enrique I of England.

Year 1.190. The Dukes of Saxe (Germany) peregrinate to Santiago.