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Anne of Kiev
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Anne of Kiev

French aristocrat

Born c. 1025 · died 1070s
Also known as Anne of Kyiv, Anne of Russia, Anna Yaroslavna

Who was alive at the same time as Anne of Kiev?

  1. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  2. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  3. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  4. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  5. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  6. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  7. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  8. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  9. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  10. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  11. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  12. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  13. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  14. Anne of Kiev, c. 1025 – 1070s
  15. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  16. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  17. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  18. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  19. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118
  20. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  21. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1050 – 1106
  22. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  23. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100
  24. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124

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Born during Anne of Kiev’s lifetime: Omar Khayyam, Al-Ghazali, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Pope Callixtus II, Pope Paschal II, Godfrey of Bouillon and Alexios I Komnenos.

Not quite contemporaries: Bernard of Clairvaux was born about 9 years after Anne of Kiev died, Vladimir the Great died about 8 years before Anne of Kiev was born, Pope Sergius IV died about 11 years before Anne of Kiev was born and Anna Komnene was born about 3 years after Anne of Kiev died.

What happened in Anne of Kiev’s lifetime

Where Anne of Kiev’s contemporaries were born

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The 36 best-known contemporaries

36 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Anne of Kiev. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1049.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  4. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  6. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  8. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  9. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  10. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  11. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  12. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  13. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  14. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  15. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  16. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  17. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  18. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  19. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  20. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  21. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  22. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  23. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  24. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  25. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  26. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  27. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  28. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  29. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  30. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  31. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  32. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  33. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  34. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  35. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  36. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066