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Chrétien de Troyes
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Chrétien de Troyes

French poet

Born c. 1130s · died c. 1180s
Also known as Chretien de Troyes, Chrétien, Chrestien de Troye

Who was alive at the same time as Chrétien de Troyes?

  1. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  2. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  3. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  4. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  5. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  6. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  7. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  8. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  9. Chrétien de Troyes, c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  10. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  11. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  12. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  13. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  14. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  15. Pope Honorius III, 1148 – 1227
  16. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  17. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  18. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  19. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  20. Philip II of France, 1165 – 1223
  21. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  22. Dominic de Guzmán, c. 1172 – 1221
  23. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  24. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216

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Born during Chrétien de Troyes’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Richard I of England, Shota Rustaveli, Pope Innocent III, John, King of England, Ibn Arabi, Pope Gregory IX and Philip II of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Albertus Magnus was born about 6 years after Chrétien de Troyes died, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was born about 3 years after Chrétien de Troyes died, Anthony of Padua was born about 3 years after Chrétien de Troyes died and Batu Khan was born about 11 years after Chrétien de Troyes died.

Where Chrétien de Troyes’s contemporaries were born

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The 40 best-known contemporaries

40 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Chrétien de Troyes. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1160.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  3. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  4. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  5. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  6. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  7. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  8. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  9. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  10. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  11. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  12. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  13. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  14. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  15. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  16. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  17. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  18. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  19. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  20. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  21. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  22. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  23. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  24. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  25. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  26. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  27. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  28. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  29. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  30. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  31. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  32. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  33. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  34. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  35. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  36. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  37. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  38. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  39. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  40. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230