Who Was Alive
Edward the Elder
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Edward the Elder

Monarch of England

Born c. AD 874 · died 17 July AD 924
Also known as Edward I, King Edward, Eadweard

Who was alive at the same time as Edward the Elder?

  1. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  2. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  3. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  4. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  5. Rurik, AD 830 – AD 879
  6. Charles the Fat, c. AD 836 – AD 888
  7. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  8. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  9. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  10. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  11. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  12. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  13. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  14. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  15. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  16. Edward the Elder, c. AD 874 – AD 924
  17. Henry the Fowler, c. AD 876 – AD 936
  18. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  19. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  20. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  21. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  22. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  23. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  24. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965

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When Edward the Elder died, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 57 or 58, Otto the Great was 11, Rudaki was 64 or 65, Constantine VII was 19 and Charles the Simple was 44.

Born during Edward the Elder’s lifetime: Otto the Great, Pope Benedict V, Pope Leo VIII, Æthelstan, Pope John XI, Al-Masudi, Constantine VII and Charles the Simple.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad al-Bukhari died about 2 years before Edward the Elder was born, Pope John XII was born about 11 years after Edward the Elder died, Pope Benedict III died about 14 years before Edward the Elder was born and Pope Nicholas I died about 5 years before Edward the Elder was born.

Where Edward the Elder’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Edward the Elder

The 32 best-known contemporaries

32 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Edward the Elder. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 900.

  1. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  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. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  6. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  7. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  8. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  9. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  10. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  11. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  12. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  13. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  14. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  15. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  16. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  17. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  18. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  19. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  20. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  21. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  22. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  23. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  24. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  25. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  26. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  27. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  28. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  29. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  30. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  31. Edmund I c. AD 920 – AD 946
  32. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923