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Alfonso II of Asturias
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Alfonso II of Asturias

Monarch of the Kingdom of Asturias

Born AD 759 · died 20 March AD 842, aged 82 or 83

Who was alive at the same time as Alfonso II of Asturias?

  1. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  2. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  3. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  4. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  5. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  7. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  8. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  9. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  11. Alfonso II of Asturias, AD 759 – AD 842
  12. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  13. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  14. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  15. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  16. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  17. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  18. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  20. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  21. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  22. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  23. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  24. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877

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When Alfonso II of Asturias was born, Li Bai was 57 or 58, Abu Hanifa was 59 or 60, Padmasambhava was 41 or 42, Al-Mansur was 45 or 46 and Leo IV the Khazar was 8 or 9.

When Alfonso II of Asturias died, Charles the Bald was 18, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 31, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 61, Pope Adrian II was 49 or 50 and Pope Marinus I was 11 or 12.

Born during Alfonso II of Asturias’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari and Pope Gregory IV.

Not quite contemporaries: Alfred the Great was born about 7 years after Alfonso II of Asturias died, John of Damascus died about 10 years before Alfonso II of Asturias was born, Pope Zachary died about 7 years before Alfonso II of Asturias was born and Pope Stephen II died about 2 years before Alfonso II of Asturias was born.

Where Alfonso II of Asturias’s contemporaries were born

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The 85 best-known contemporaries

85 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Alfonso II of Asturias. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 801.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  9. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  13. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  14. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  15. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  16. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  17. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  18. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  19. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  20. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  21. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  22. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  23. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  24. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  25. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  26. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  27. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  28. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  29. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  30. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  31. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  32. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  33. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  34. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  35. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  36. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  37. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  38. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  39. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  40. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  41. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  42. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  43. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  44. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  45. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  46. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  47. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  48. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  49. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  50. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  51. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  52. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  53. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  54. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  55. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  56. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  57. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  58. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  59. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  60. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  61. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  62. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  63. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  64. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  65. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  66. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  67. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  68. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  69. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  70. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  71. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  72. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  73. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  74. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  75. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  76. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  77. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  78. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  79. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  80. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  81. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  82. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  83. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  84. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  85. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796