Who Was Alive

Were Charles the Simple and Otto the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Charles the Simple and Otto the Great were alive at the same time for 16 years, from AD 912 to AD 929.

Charles the Simple was 33 when Otto the Great was born.

Otto the Great was 16 when Charles the Simple died, aged 50.

Charles the Simple

Charles the Simple

King of West Francia

Born 17 September AD 879 · died 7 October AD 929, aged 50

Otto the Great

Otto the Great

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 23 November AD 912 · died 7 May AD 973, aged 60

  1. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  2. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  5. Charles the Simple, AD 879 – AD 929
  6. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  7. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  8. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  9. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039

Charles the Simple and Otto the Great in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Charles the Simple and Otto the Great were born

Charles the Simple and Otto the Great are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (9 of 9 placed); tap one to open that person.
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