Charles the Fat

King of East Francia

Born AD 832–839 · died 13 January AD 888
Also known as Carolus Crassus, Carolus Magnus, Carolus Tertius

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

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When Charles the Fat died, Alfred the Great was 38 or 39, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 21 or 22, Pope Theodore II was 47 or 48, Rudaki was 28 or 29 and Charles the Simple was 8.

Born during Charles the Fat’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Pope Sergius III, Pope John X, Pope Theodore II, Rudaki and Henry the Fowler.

Not quite contemporaries: Adi Shankara died about 9 years before Charles the Fat was born, Pope Leo III died about 14 years before Charles the Fat was born, Pope Benedict V was born about 10 years after Charles the Fat died and Al-Shafi'i died about 12 years before Charles the Fat was born.

Where Charles the Fat’s contemporaries were born

Charles the Fat is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 44 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Charles the Fat: Neudingen
Louis the Pious: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
Ahmad ibn Hanbal: Baghdad
Pope Leo IV: Rome
Pope Sergius II: Rome
Pope Adrian II: Rome
Pope Gregory IV: Rome
Al-Kindi: Basra
Pope Benedict III: Rome
Muhammad al-Bukhari: Bukhara
Pope Formosus: Rome
Pope John VIII: Rome
Pope Nicholas I: Rome
Charles the Bald: Frankfurt
Pope Marinus I: Gallese
Pope John IX: Tivoli
Pope Theodore II: Rome
Alfred the Great: Wantage
Pope Sergius III: Rome
Pope John X: Tossignano
Rudaki: Panjrūd
Abu Bakr al-Razi: Ray
Al-Farabi: Otrar
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj: Nishapur
Al-Tabari: Amol
Henry the Fowler: Saxony-Anhalt
Lothair I: Altdorf
Charles the Simple: Péronne
Al-Hallaj: Wasit
John Scotus Eriugena: Ireland
Leo VI the Wise: Constantinople
Robert I of France: Angers
Bai Juyi: Xinzheng
Al-Jahiz: Basra
Michael I Rangabe: Constantinople
Abd ar-Rahman II: Toledo
Al-Mu'tasim: Khuld Palace
Rabanus Maurus: Mainz
Alfonso II of Asturias: Oviedo

Compare Charles the Fat

The 43 best-known contemporaries

43 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Charles the Fat. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 864.

Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842