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Were Alexios I Komnenos and Hildegard of Bingen alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexios I Komnenos and Hildegard of Bingen were alive at the same time, from c. 1098 to 1118.

Alexios I Komnenos

Alexios I Komnenos

Byzantine emperor

Born 1048 · died 15 August 1118, aged 69 or 70

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen

German abbess and polymath

Born c. 1098 · died 17 September 1179

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118
  4. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  5. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  6. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  7. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  8. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  9. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227

Alexios I Komnenos and Hildegard of Bingen in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Alexios I Komnenos and Hildegard of Bingen were born

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