Who Was Alive
Empress Matilda
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Empress Matilda

English regent

Born c. 1102 · died 10 September 1167
Also known as Empress Maude, Maud of England, Lady of England

Who was alive at the same time as Empress Matilda?

  1. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  5. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  6. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  7. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  8. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  9. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  10. Empress Matilda, c. 1102 – 1167
  11. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  12. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  13. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  14. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  15. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  16. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  17. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  18. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  19. Pope Honorius III, 1148 – 1227
  20. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  21. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  22. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  23. Philip II of France, 1165 – 1223
  24. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216

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When Empress Matilda died, Genghis Khan was 5, Saladin was 28 or 29, Averroes was 41, Zhu Xi was 36 and Richard I of England was 9.

Born during Empress Matilda’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Saladin, Averroes, Zhu Xi, Richard I of England, Maimonides, Frederick Barbarossa and John, King of England.

Not quite contemporaries: Francis of Assisi was born about 13 years after Empress Matilda died, William the Conqueror died about 13 years before Empress Matilda was born, Pope Urban II died about a year before Empress Matilda was born and Shota Rustaveli was born about 5 years after Empress Matilda died.

Where Empress Matilda’s contemporaries were born

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The 46 best-known contemporaries

46 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Empress Matilda. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1136.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  4. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  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. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  13. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  14. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  15. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  16. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  17. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  18. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  19. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  20. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  21. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  22. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  23. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  24. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  25. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  26. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  27. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  28. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  29. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  30. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  31. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  32. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  33. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  34. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  35. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  36. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  37. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  38. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  39. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  40. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  41. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  42. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  43. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  44. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  45. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  46. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213