# Pope Benedict IX - Pope and Sovereign of the Papal States

URL: https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pope-benedict-ix
Pontificates: 21 October 1032 – 31 December 1044; 10 March 1045 – 1 May 1045; 8 November 1047 – 17 July 1048
Number in the papal list: 145
Born-Died: c. 1012 - c. 1055
Papal era: Ottonian & Tusculan Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_IX

Benedict IX, nephew of his two predecessors, became pope through his family's money and power, perhaps around the age of twenty. His dissolute rule provoked a Roman uprising that drove him from the city in 1044.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope John XIX](https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pope-john-xix)
- Next in list: [Pope Sylvester III](https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pope-sylvester-iii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1032 - [Benedict IX's First Pontificate](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1032-benedict-ix-s-first-pontificate)
- 1045 - [Benedict IX Sells the Papacy](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/1045-benedict-ix-sells-the-papacy)