Who Was Alive
Charles the Simple
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Charles the Simple

King of West Francia

Born 17 September AD 879 · died 7 October AD 929, aged 50
Also known as Charles III, Charles the Straightforward, Charles III the Simple

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

  1. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  2. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  3. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  4. Charles the Fat, c. AD 836 – AD 888
  5. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  6. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  7. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  8. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  9. Al-Hallaj, c. AD 858 – AD 922
  10. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  11. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  12. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  13. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  14. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  15. Henry the Fowler, c. AD 876 – AD 936
  16. Charles the Simple, AD 879 – AD 929
  17. Olga of Kiev, c. AD 890 – AD 969
  18. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  19. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  20. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  21. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  22. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  23. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  24. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965

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When Charles the Simple was born, Alfred the Great was 29 or 30, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 12 or 13, Pope Marinus I was 48 or 49, Pope Theodore II was 38 or 39 and Rudaki was 19 or 20.

When Charles the Simple died, Otto the Great was 16, Rudaki was 69 or 70 and Constantine VII was 24.

Born during Charles the Simple’s lifetime: Otto the Great, Pope Benedict V, Pope Leo VIII, Æthelstan, Pope John XI, Al-Masudi, Constantine VII and Olga of Kiev.

Not quite contemporaries: Ferdowsi was born about 11 years after Charles the Simple died, Al-Kindi died about 6 years before Charles the Simple was born, Charles the Bald died about 2 years before Charles the Simple was born and Muhammad al-Bukhari died about 9 years before Charles the Simple was born.

Where Charles the Simple’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Charles the Simple

The 27 best-known contemporaries

27 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Charles the Simple. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 904.

  1. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  2. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  5. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  6. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  7. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  8. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  9. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  10. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  11. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  12. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  13. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  14. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  15. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  16. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  17. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  18. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  19. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  20. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  21. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  22. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  23. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  24. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  25. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  26. Edmund I c. AD 920 – AD 946
  27. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923