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Harald Hardrada
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Harald Hardrada

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Born c. 1015 · died 25 September 1066
Also known as Harald III of Norway, Harald III Sigurdsson, Harald Fairhair

Who was alive at the same time as Harald Hardrada?

  1. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  3. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  4. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  5. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  6. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  7. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  8. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  9. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  10. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  11. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  12. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  13. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  14. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  15. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  16. Harald Hardrada, c. 1015 – 1066
  17. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  18. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  19. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  20. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  21. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  22. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  23. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  24. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100

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When Harald Hardrada died, Godfrey of Bouillon was 5 or 6, Alexios I Komnenos was 17 or 18, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 15, Alp Arslan was 37 and Philip I of France was 14.

Born during Harald Hardrada’s lifetime: Omar Khayyam, Al-Ghazali, William the Conqueror, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Harold Godwinson, Pope Paschal II and Godfrey of Bouillon.

Not quite contemporaries: Peter Abelard was born about 13 years after Harald Hardrada died, Pope Gregory V died about 13 years before Harald Hardrada was born, Pope Sergius IV died months before Harald Hardrada was born and Erik the Red died about 8 years before Harald Hardrada was born.

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The 41 best-known contemporaries

41 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Harald Hardrada. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1042.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  5. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  6. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  7. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  8. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  9. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  10. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  11. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  12. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  13. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  14. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  15. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  16. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  17. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  18. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  19. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  20. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  21. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  22. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  23. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  24. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  25. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  26. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  27. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  28. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  29. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  30. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  31. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  32. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  33. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  34. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  35. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  36. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  37. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  38. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  39. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  40. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  41. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s