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Godfrey of Bouillon
Maître de Fauvel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Godfrey of Bouillon

Writer

Born 1060 · died 18 July 1100, aged 39 or 40

Who was alive at the same time as Godfrey of Bouillon?

  1. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  2. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  3. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  4. Pope Victor III, c. 1028 – 1087
  5. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  6. Alp Arslan, 1029 – 1072
  7. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  8. Shen Kuo, 1031 – 1095
  9. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  10. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  11. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118
  12. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  13. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1050 – 1106
  14. Philip I of France, 1052 – 1108
  15. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  16. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100
  17. Pope Gelasius II, c. 1065 – 1119
  18. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124
  19. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  20. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  21. Louis VI of France, 1081 – 1137
  22. Anna Komnene, 1083 – c. 1154
  23. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  24. Stephen, King of England, 1095 – 1154

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When Godfrey of Bouillon was born, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 9 or 10, Alp Arslan was 30 or 31, Philip I of France was 7 or 8 and Shen Kuo was 28 or 29.

When Godfrey of Bouillon died, Peter Abelard was 20 or 21, Alexios I Komnenos was 51 or 52, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 49, Anna Komnene was 16 and Stephen, King of England was 4 or 5.

Born during Godfrey of Bouillon’s lifetime: Peter Abelard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Henry I of England, Pope Callixtus II, Anna Komnene, Stephen, King of England, Louis VI of France and Abdul Qadir Gilani.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Biruni died about 12 years before Godfrey of Bouillon was born, Muhammad al-Idrisi was born about 8 years after Godfrey of Bouillon died, Pope Leo IX died about 6 years before Godfrey of Bouillon was born and Pope Celestine III was born about 6 years after Godfrey of Bouillon died.

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The 26 best-known contemporaries

26 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Godfrey of Bouillon. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1081.

  1. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  3. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  4. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  5. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  6. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  7. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  8. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  9. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  10. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  11. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  12. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  13. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  14. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  15. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  16. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  17. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  18. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  19. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  20. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  21. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  22. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  23. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  24. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  25. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  26. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066