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Constans II
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Constans II

Byzantine emperor

Born 7 November AD 630 · died 15 September AD 668, aged 37
Also known as Constantine the Bearded, Constans III, Constantine III

Who was alive at the same time as Constans II?

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When Constans II was born, Muhammad was 59, Ali was 31, Aisha was 15 or 16, Husayn ibn Ali was 4 and Mu'awiya I was 26 or 27.

When Constans II died, Aisha was 53 or 54, Husayn ibn Ali was 42, Mu'awiya I was 64 or 65, Pope Benedict II was 32 or 33 and Hasan ibn Ali was 43.

Born during Constans II’s lifetime: Pope Benedict II, Pope John VII, Pope Sergius I, Pope John VI, Pope John V, Pope Sisinnius, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and Yazid I.

Not quite contemporaries: Bede was born about 2 years after Constans II died, Pope Gregory II was born about a year after Constans II died, John of Damascus was born about 5 years after Constans II died and Pope Adeodatus I died about 12 years before Constans II was born.

Where Constans II’s contemporaries were born

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The 93 best-known contemporaries

93 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Constans II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 649.

  1. Muhammad AD 571 – AD 632
  2. Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
  3. Ali AD 599 – AD 661
  4. Abu Bakr c. AD 573 – AD 634
  5. Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  6. Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
  7. Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
  8. Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
  9. Fatima c. AD 610 – AD 632
  10. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  11. Heraclius c. AD 575 – AD 641
  12. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  13. Pope Honorius I c. AD 585 – AD 638
  14. Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
  15. Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
  16. Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
  17. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  18. Khalid ibn al-Walid AD 586 – AD 642
  19. Pope John IV c. AD 600 – AD 642
  20. Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
  21. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  22. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  23. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  24. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  25. Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
  26. Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
  27. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  28. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  29. Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
  30. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  31. Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
  32. Bilal ibn Rabah AD 581 – c. AD 642
  33. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  34. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  35. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  36. Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
  37. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  38. Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
  39. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  40. Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
  41. Heraclius Constantine AD 612 – AD 641
  42. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  43. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  44. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  45. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
  46. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  47. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  48. Abu Sufyan c. AD 570 – c. AD 646
  49. Yazdegerd III AD 624 – AD 652
  50. Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
  51. Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
  52. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  53. Dagobert I c. AD 611 – AD 639
  54. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  55. Heraclonas AD 618 – AD 641
  56. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah AD 583 – AD 639
  57. Zaynab bint Jahsh AD 592 – AD 642
  58. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  59. Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
  60. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  61. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  62. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  63. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  64. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
  65. Penda of Mercia c. AD 606 – AD 655
  66. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  67. Clovis II c. AD 636 – AD 657
  68. Chlothar III c. AD 650 – AD 673
  69. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  70. John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
  71. Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
  72. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
  73. Childeric II AD 655 – AD 675
  74. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
  75. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  76. Boran AD 590 – AD 632
  77. Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
  78. Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
  79. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  80. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  81. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  82. Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
  83. Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
  84. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  85. Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
  86. Sigebert III AD 630 – AD 656
  87. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  88. Pepin of Landen c. AD 585 – AD 640
  89. Rayhana bint Zayd c. 590s – AD 631
  90. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  91. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657
  92. Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
  93. Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665