Empress Genmei

Japanese waka poet

Born AD 661 · died 29 December AD 721, aged 59 or 60
Also known as Genmei, Empress Gemmei, Gemmei-tennō

Who was alive at the same time as Empress Genmei?

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When Empress Genmei was born, Aisha was 46 or 47, Husayn ibn Ali was 34 or 35, Pope Benedict II was 25 or 26, Hasan ibn Ali was 35 or 36 and Pope Leo II was 49 or 50.

When Empress Genmei died, Li Bai was 20, Du Fu was 8 or 9, Abu Hanifa was 22, Pope Gregory II was 51 or 52 and Charles Martel was 33.

Born during Empress Genmei’s lifetime: Li Bai, Du Fu, Abu Hanifa, Bede, Pope Gregory II, Charles Martel, Pope Adrian I and Pepin the Short.

Not quite contemporaries: Uthman died about 5 years before Empress Genmei was born, Pope Martin I died about 6 years before Empress Genmei was born, Abd al-Rahman I was born about 9 years after Empress Genmei died and Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib died about 8 years before Empress Genmei was born.

Where Empress Genmei’s contemporaries were born

Empress Genmei is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (68 of 81 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Pope Agatho: Palermo
Brahmagupta: Bhinmal
Xuanzang: Yanshi District
Mu'awiya I: Mecca
Pope Leo II: Sicily
Aisha: Mecca
Hasan ibn Ali: Medina
Husayn ibn Ali: Medina
Pope Benedict II: Rome
Pope John VII: Rossano
Pope Sergius I: Palermo
Pope John VI: Ephesus
Pope Gregory II: Rome
Bede: Jarrow
John of Damascus: Damascus
Pope Zachary: Santa Severina
Charles Martel: Herstal
Abu Hanifa: Kufa
Pope Adrian I: Rome
Pope Paul I: Rome
Li Bai: Suyab
Du Fu: Gongyi
Pepin the Short: Liège
Pope Stephen II: Rome
Pope Vitalian: Segni
Pope John V: Antioch
Ja'far al-Sadiq: Medina
Wu Zetian: Guangyuan
Pope Conon: Sicily
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan: Medina
Malik ibn Anas: Medina
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz: Medina
Leo III the Isaurian: Kahramanmaraş
Yazid I: Damascus
Rabia Basri: Basra
Justinian II: Constantinople
Tariq ibn Ziyad: Khenchela
Constans II: Constantinople
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr: Medina
Constantine V: Constantinople
Maximus the Confessor: Palestine
Hafsa bint Umar: Mecca
Ibn Abbas: Mecca
Constantine IV: Constantinople
Amr ibn al-As: Mecca
Marwan I: Mecca
Ali al-Sajjad: Medina
Wang Wei: Yongji
Al-Mansur: Humayma
Mu'awiya II: Damascus
Abu Muslim: Isfahan
Abu Hurayra: Tihamah
Leontius: Isauria
Al-Walid I: Medina
Saint Boniface: Crediton
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik: Medina
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas: Mecca
Umm Salama: Mecca
Zaynab bint Ali: Medina
Muhammad al-Baqir: Medina
Roderic: Córdoba
Al-Walid II: Syria
Ibn Ishaq: Medina
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang: Chang'an
Sawdah bint Zam'ah: Mecca
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab: Mecca
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik: Damascus
Umm Habiba: Mecca

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The 103 best-known contemporaries

103 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Empress Genmei. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 692.

Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
Constans II AD 630 – AD 668
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
Chlothar III c. AD 650 – AD 673
Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
Childeric II AD 655 – AD 675
Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665
Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754