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Ecgberht, King of Wessex
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Ecgberht, King of Wessex

King of Wessex

Born AD 771 · died AD 839, aged 67 or 68
Also known as Ecgberht, Ecgbert, Egbert

Who was alive at the same time as Ecgberht, King of Wessex?

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  4. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  5. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  6. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  7. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  9. Ecgberht, King of Wessex, AD 771 – AD 839
  10. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  11. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  12. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  13. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  14. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  15. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  16. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  17. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  18. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  19. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  20. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  21. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  22. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  23. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  24. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877

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When Ecgberht, King of Wessex was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 49 or 50, Harun al-Rashid was 4 or 5, Pope Leo III was 20 or 21, Al-Shafi'i was 3 or 4 and Abd al-Rahman I was 39 or 40.

When Ecgberht, King of Wessex died, Louis the Pious was 60 or 61, Charles the Bald was 15 or 16, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 28 or 29, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 58 or 59 and Pope Adrian II was 46 or 47.

Born during Ecgberht, King of Wessex’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV and Pope John VIII.

Not quite contemporaries: Li Bai died about 9 years before Ecgberht, King of Wessex was born, Du Fu died months before Ecgberht, King of Wessex was born, Alfred the Great was born about 9 years after Ecgberht, King of Wessex died and Abu Hanifa died about 3 years before Ecgberht, King of Wessex was born.

Where Ecgberht, King of Wessex’s contemporaries were born

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The 71 best-known contemporaries

71 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ecgberht, King of Wessex. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 806.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  9. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  10. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  13. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  14. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  15. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  17. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  18. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  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 Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  24. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  25. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  26. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  27. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  28. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  29. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  30. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  31. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  32. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  33. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  34. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  35. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  36. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  37. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  38. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  39. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  40. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  41. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  42. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  43. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  44. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  45. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  46. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  47. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  48. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  49. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  50. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  51. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  52. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  53. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  54. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  55. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  56. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  57. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  58. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  59. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  60. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  61. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  62. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  63. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  64. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  65. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  66. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  67. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  68. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  69. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  70. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  71. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842