Who Was Alive
Cnut
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Cnut

Monarch of Norway

Born AD 994 · died 12 November 1035, aged 40 or 41
Also known as Cnut the Great, Canute the Dane, Canute

Who was alive at the same time as Cnut?

  1. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  4. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  5. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  6. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  7. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  8. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  9. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  10. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  11. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  12. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  13. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  14. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  15. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  16. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  17. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  18. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  19. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  20. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  21. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  22. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  23. Pope Victor III, c. 1028 – 1087
  24. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087

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When Cnut was born, Ferdowsi was 53 or 54, Al-Biruni was 20 or 21, Hugh Capet was 53 or 54, Pope Gregory V was 21 or 22 and Basil II was 35 or 36.

When Cnut died, Al-Biruni was 62, Pope Leo IX was 33, Pope Clement II was 30, Yaroslav the Wise was 56 or 57 and Alp Arslan was 6.

Born during Cnut’s lifetime: William the Conqueror, Pope Leo IX, Pope Alexander II, Harold Godwinson, Pope Gregory VI, Pope Clement II, Pope Damasus II and Pope Victor III.

Not quite contemporaries: Omar Khayyam was born about 11 years after Cnut died, Pope Paschal II was born about 15 years after Cnut died, Alexios I Komnenos was born about 13 years after Cnut died and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor died about 11 years before Cnut was born.

Where Cnut’s contemporaries were born

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The 38 best-known contemporaries

38 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Cnut. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1015.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  4. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  5. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  6. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  7. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  8. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  9. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  10. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  11. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  12. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  13. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  14. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  15. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  16. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  17. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  18. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  19. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  20. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  21. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  22. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  23. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  24. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  25. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  26. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  27. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  28. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  29. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  30. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  31. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  32. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  33. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  34. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  35. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  36. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  37. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  38. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066