Who Was Alive
Afonso I of Portugal
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Afonso I of Portugal

Monarch of Portugal

Born c. 1109 · died 6 December 1185
Also known as O conquistador, O fundador, O grande

Who was alive at the same time as Afonso I of Portugal?

  1. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  3. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  4. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  5. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  6. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  7. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  8. Afonso I of Portugal, c. 1109 – 1185
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  10. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  11. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  12. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  13. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  14. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  15. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  16. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  17. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  18. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  19. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  20. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  21. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  22. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  23. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  24. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226

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When Afonso I of Portugal died, Genghis Khan was 23, Saladin was 46 or 47, Averroes was 59, Zhu Xi was 55 and Richard I of England was 28.

Born during Afonso I of Portugal’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Saladin, Francis of Assisi, Averroes, Zhu Xi, Richard I of England, Maimonides and Frederick Barbarossa.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Urban II died about 8 years before Afonso I of Portugal was born, Albertus Magnus was born about 13 years after Afonso I of Portugal died, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was born about 10 years after Afonso I of Portugal died and Anthony of Padua was born about 10 years after Afonso I of Portugal died.

Where Afonso I of Portugal’s contemporaries were born

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The 51 best-known contemporaries

51 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Afonso I of Portugal. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1149.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  4. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  6. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  7. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  8. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  9. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  10. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  11. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  12. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  13. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  14. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  15. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  16. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  17. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  18. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  19. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  20. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  21. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  22. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  23. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  24. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  25. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  26. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  27. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  28. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  29. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  30. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  31. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  32. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  33. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  34. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  35. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  36. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  37. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  38. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  39. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  40. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  41. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  42. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  43. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  44. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  45. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  46. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  47. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  48. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  49. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  50. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  51. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230