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Anna Komnene
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Anna Komnene

Historian

Born 1 December 1083 · died 1151–1156
Also known as Anna Comnena

Who was alive at the same time as Anna Komnene?

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  3. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  4. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  5. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  6. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124
  7. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  8. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  9. Anna Komnene, 1083 – c. 1154
  10. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  11. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  12. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  13. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  14. Pope Celestine III, 1106 – 1198
  15. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  16. Louis VII of France, 1120 – 1180
  17. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  18. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  19. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  20. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  21. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  22. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  23. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  24. Pope Honorius III, 1148 – 1227

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When Anna Komnene was born, Peter Abelard was 3 or 4, Godfrey of Bouillon was 22 or 23, Alexios I Komnenos was 34 or 35, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 33 and Louis VI of France was 2.

Born during Anna Komnene’s lifetime: Saladin, Averroes, Zhu Xi, Hildegard of Bingen, Maimonides, Frederick Barbarossa, Bernard of Clairvaux and Nizami Ganjavi.

Not quite contemporaries: Genghis Khan was born about 6 years after Anna Komnene died, Richard I of England was born about a year after Anna Komnene died, Pope Innocent III was born about 4 years after Anna Komnene died and John, King of England was born about 10 years after Anna Komnene died.

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The 44 best-known contemporaries

44 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Anna Komnene. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1117.

  1. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  3. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  5. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  6. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  7. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  8. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  9. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  10. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  11. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  12. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  13. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  14. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  15. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  16. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  17. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  18. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  19. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  20. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  21. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  22. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  23. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  24. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  25. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  26. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  27. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  28. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  29. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  30. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  31. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  32. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  33. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  34. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  35. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  36. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  37. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  38. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  39. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  40. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  41. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  42. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  43. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  44. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166