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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Eleanor of Aquitaine

Queen of Franks

Born 1124 · died 1 April 1204, aged 79 or 80
Also known as Queen Eleanor of England, Queen Eleanor of France, Aliénor d'Aquitaine

Who was alive at the same time as Eleanor of Aquitaine?

  1. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  3. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  4. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  5. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  6. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  7. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  8. Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1124 – 1204
  9. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  10. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  11. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  12. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  13. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  14. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  15. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  16. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  17. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  18. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  19. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  20. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  21. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  22. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  23. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  24. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280

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When Eleanor of Aquitaine was born, Frederick Barbarossa was 1 or 2, Pope Celestine III was 17 or 18, Louis VII of France was 3 or 4, Pope Lucius III was 13 or 14 and Manuel I Komnenos was 5 or 6.

When Eleanor of Aquitaine died, Genghis Khan was 41, Shota Rustaveli was 31 or 32, John, King of England was 37, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 9 and Ibn Arabi was 38.

Born during Eleanor of Aquitaine’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Saladin, Francis of Assisi, Averroes, Zhu Xi, Richard I of England, Maimonides and Shota Rustaveli.

Not quite contemporaries: Rumi was born about 3 years after Eleanor of Aquitaine died, Al-Ghazali died about 13 years before Eleanor of Aquitaine was born, Saadi Shirazi was born about 4 years after Eleanor of Aquitaine died and Kublai Khan was born about 11 years after Eleanor of Aquitaine died.

Where Eleanor of Aquitaine’s contemporaries were born

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The 56 best-known contemporaries

56 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Eleanor of Aquitaine. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1165.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  4. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  6. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  7. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  8. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  9. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  10. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  11. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  12. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  13. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  14. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  15. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  16. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  17. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  18. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  19. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  20. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  21. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  22. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  23. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  24. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  25. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  26. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  27. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  28. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  29. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  30. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  31. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  32. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  33. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  34. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  35. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  36. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  37. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  38. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  39. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  40. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  41. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  42. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  43. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  44. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  45. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  46. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  47. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  48. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  49. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  50. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  51. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  52. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  53. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  54. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  55. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  56. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230