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Chlothar I
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Chlothar I

King of Franks

Born AD 498 · died 29 November AD 561, aged 62 or 63
Also known as Clothar I, Chlothar I of Neustria

Who was alive at the same time as Chlothar I?

  1. Justin I, AD 450 – AD 527
  2. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  3. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  4. Pope Symmachus, c. AD 460 – AD 514
  5. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  6. Pope John I, c. AD 470 – AD 526
  7. Pope John II, AD 470 – AD 535
  8. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  9. Pope Silverius, AD 477 – AD 537
  10. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  11. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  12. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  13. Pope Agapetus I, 490s – AD 536
  14. Chlothar I, AD 498 – AD 561
  15. Khosrow I, AD 501 – AD 579
  16. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  17. Belisarius, c. AD 505 – AD 565
  18. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  19. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  20. Pope Sabinian, c. AD 530 – AD 606
  21. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  22. Pope Boniface III, c. AD 540 – AD 607
  23. Maurice, AD 539 – AD 602
  24. Pope Boniface IV, c. AD 550 – AD 615

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When Chlothar I was born, Justinian I was 15 or 16, Aryabhata was 21 or 22, Benedict of Nursia was 17 or 18, Theodoric the Great was 43 or 44 and Pope Hormisdas was 47 or 48.

When Chlothar I died, Justinian I was 79, Maurice was 21 or 22, Khosrow I was 59 or 60, Phocas was 13 or 14 and Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was 20 or 21.

Born during Chlothar I’s lifetime: Pope Gregory I, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Pelagius I, Pope Benedict I, Pope Boniface IV, Belisarius, Pope Sabinian and Pope Boniface III.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad was born about 10 years after Chlothar I died, Abu Bakr was born about 10 years after Chlothar I died, Uthman was born about 13 years after Chlothar I died and Heraclius was born about 11 years after Chlothar I died.

Where Chlothar I’s contemporaries were born

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The 70 best-known contemporaries

70 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Chlothar I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 530.

  1. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  2. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  3. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  4. Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
  5. Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
  6. Clovis I c. AD 466 – AD 511
  7. Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
  8. Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
  9. Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
  10. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  11. Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
  12. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  13. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  14. Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
  15. Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
  16. Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
  17. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  18. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  19. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  20. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  21. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  22. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  23. Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
  24. Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
  25. Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
  26. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
  27. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  28. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  29. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  30. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  31. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  32. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  33. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  34. Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
  35. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  36. Amalasuintha AD 498 – AD 535
  37. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  38. Alaric II c. AD 463 – AD 507
  39. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  40. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  41. Genevieve AD 423 – AD 502
  42. Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
  43. Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
  44. Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
  45. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  46. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  47. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  48. Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
  49. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  50. Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
  51. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  52. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  53. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  54. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  55. Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
  56. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  57. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  58. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  59. Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
  60. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  61. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  62. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  63. Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
  64. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  65. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  66. Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
  67. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  68. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  69. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601
  70. Zu Chongzhi AD 429 – AD 501