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Alexios I Komnenos
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Alexios I Komnenos

Byzantine emperor

Born 1048 · died 15 August 1118, aged 69 or 70
Also known as Alexius Comnenus

Who was alive at the same time as Alexios I Komnenos?

  1. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  2. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  3. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  4. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  5. Pope Victor III, c. 1028 – 1087
  6. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  7. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  8. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  9. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  10. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118
  11. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  12. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1050 – 1106
  13. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  14. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100
  15. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124
  16. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  17. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  18. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  19. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  20. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  21. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  22. Pope Celestine III, 1106 – 1198
  23. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  24. Pope Lucius III, 1110 – 1185

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When Alexios I Komnenos was born, Pope Leo IX was 45 or 46, Alp Arslan was 18 or 19 and Henry I of France was 39 or 40.

When Alexios I Komnenos died, Peter Abelard was 38 or 39, Pope Celestine III was 11 or 12, Pope Lucius III was 7 or 8, Anna Komnene was 34 and Stephen, King of England was 22 or 23.

Born during Alexios I Komnenos’s lifetime: Al-Ghazali, Hildegard of Bingen, Peter Abelard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Pope Alexander III, Henry I of England and Pope Gregory VIII.

Not quite contemporaries: Avicenna died about 11 years before Alexios I Komnenos was born, Averroes was born about 8 years after Alexios I Komnenos died, Zhu Xi was born about 12 years after Alexios I Komnenos died and Ibn al-Haytham died about 8 years before Alexios I Komnenos was born.

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The 42 best-known contemporaries

42 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Alexios I Komnenos. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1083.

  1. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  3. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  4. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  6. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  7. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  8. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  10. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  11. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  12. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  13. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  14. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  15. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  16. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  17. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  18. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  19. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  20. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  21. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  22. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  23. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  24. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  25. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  26. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  27. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  28. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  29. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  30. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  31. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  32. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  33. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  34. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  35. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  36. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  37. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  38. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  39. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  40. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  41. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  42. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066