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Desiderius
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Desiderius

Sovereign

Born c. AD 710 · died c. AD 786
Also known as Desiderius von Tuscien, Flavius Desiderius

Who was alive at the same time as Desiderius?

  1. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  2. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  3. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  4. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  5. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  6. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  7. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  8. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  9. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  10. Desiderius, c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  11. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  12. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  13. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  14. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  15. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  16. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  17. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  18. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  19. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  20. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  22. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  23. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  24. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855

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Born during Desiderius’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III, Louis the Pious and Pepin the Short.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Kindi was born about 11 years after Desiderius died, Pope Gregory IV was born about 5 years after Desiderius died, Pope Adrian II was born about 4 years after Desiderius died and Pope John VII died about a year before Desiderius was born.

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Where Desiderius’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 Desiderius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 749.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  9. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  10. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  11. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  12. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  13. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  14. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  15. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  16. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  17. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  18. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  19. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  20. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  22. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  23. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  24. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  25. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  26. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  27. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  28. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  29. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  30. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  31. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  32. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  33. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  34. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  35. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  36. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  37. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  38. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  39. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  40. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  41. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  42. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  43. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  44. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  45. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  46. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  47. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  48. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  49. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  50. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  51. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  52. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  53. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  54. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  55. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  56. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  57. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  58. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  59. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  60. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  61. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  62. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  63. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  64. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  65. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  66. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  67. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  68. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  69. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  70. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  71. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  72. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  73. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  74. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  75. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  76. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  77. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  78. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  79. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  80. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  81. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  82. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  83. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  84. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  85. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  86. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  87. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  88. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  89. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  90. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  91. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  92. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  93. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842