Who Was Alive
Charles the Bald
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Charles the Bald

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 13 June AD 823 · died 6 October AD 877, aged 54
Also known as Carlus Calvus, Charles II The Bald, Carolus Calvus

Who was alive at the same time as Charles the Bald?

  1. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  2. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  4. Pope Valentine, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  5. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  6. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  7. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  8. Pope Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  9. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  10. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  11. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  12. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  13. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  14. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  15. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  16. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  17. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  18. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  19. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  20. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  21. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  22. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  23. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  24. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

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When Charles the Bald was born, Louis the Pious was 44 or 45, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 12, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 42, Pope Adrian II was 30 or 31 and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was 1 or 2.

When Charles the Bald died, Alfred the Great was 27 or 28, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 10 or 11, Pope Marinus I was 46 or 47, Pope Theodore II was 36 or 37 and Rudaki was 17 or 18.

Born during Charles the Bald’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Pope Sergius III, Pope Marinus I, Pope John X, Pope John IX and Pope Theodore II.

Not quite contemporaries: Charlemagne died about 9 years before Charles the Bald was born, Abu Nuwas died about 9 years before Charles the Bald was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan died about 7 years before Charles the Bald was born and Harun al-Rashid died about 14 years before Charles the Bald was born.

Where Charles the Bald’s contemporaries were born

Charles the Bald is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (46 of 51 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Charles the Bald

The 50 best-known contemporaries

50 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Charles the Bald. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 850.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  3. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  4. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  5. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  6. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  7. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  8. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  9. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  11. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  12. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  13. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  14. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  15. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  16. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  17. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  18. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  19. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  20. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  21. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  22. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  23. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  24. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  25. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  26. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  27. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  28. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  29. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  30. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  31. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  32. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  33. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  34. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  35. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  36. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  37. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  38. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  39. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  40. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  41. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  42. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  43. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  44. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  45. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  46. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  47. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  48. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  49. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  50. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842