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Constantine VII
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Constantine VII

Byzantine emperor

Born 18 May AD 905 · died 9 November AD 959, aged 54
Also known as Konstantinos VII, Porphyrogennetos

Who was alive at the same time as Constantine VII?

  1. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  2. Al-Hallaj, c. AD 858 – AD 922
  3. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  4. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  5. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  6. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  7. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  8. Henry the Fowler, c. AD 876 – AD 936
  9. Charles the Simple, AD 879 – AD 929
  10. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  11. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  12. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  13. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  14. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  15. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  16. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  17. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  18. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  19. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  20. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  21. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  22. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  23. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 955 – AD 983
  24. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025

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When Constantine VII was born, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 38 or 39, Rudaki was 45 or 46, Charles the Simple was 25, Leo VI the Wise was 38 and Robert I of France was 44.

When Constantine VII died, Ferdowsi was 19, Otto the Great was 46, Hugh Capet was 18 or 19, Basil II was about a year old and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor was 3 or 4.

Born during Constantine VII’s lifetime: Ferdowsi, Otto the Great, Pope John XII, Vladimir the Great, Hugh Capet, Pope Leo VIII, Sviatoslav I and Pope John XI.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Biruni was born about 14 years after Constantine VII died, Ibn al-Haytham was born about 4 years after Constantine VII died, Leif Erikson was born about 11 years after Constantine VII died and Alfred the Great died about 4 years before Constantine VII was born.

Where Constantine VII’s contemporaries were born

Constantine VII is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (26 of 28 placed); tap one to open that person.
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The 27 best-known contemporaries

27 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Constantine VII. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 932.

  1. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  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 XII c. AD 937 – AD 964
  6. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  7. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  8. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  9. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  10. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  11. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  12. Sviatoslav I c. AD 942 – AD 972
  13. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  14. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  15. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  16. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  17. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  18. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  19. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  20. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  21. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  22. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  23. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  24. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  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