Who Was Alive
Harold Godwinson
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Harold Godwinson

Monarch of England

Born 1020–1026 · died 14 October 1066
Also known as Harold II, Harold Godwineson

Who was alive at the same time as Harold Godwinson?

  1. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  2. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  3. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  4. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  5. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  6. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  7. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  8. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  9. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  10. Pope Sylvester III, c. 1000 – c. 1065
  11. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  12. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  13. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  14. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  15. Pope Victor III, c. 1028 – 1087
  16. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  17. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  18. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  19. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  20. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118
  21. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  22. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1050 – 1106
  23. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  24. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100

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When Harold Godwinson 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 Harold Godwinson’s lifetime: Omar Khayyam, Al-Ghazali, William the Conqueror, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Pope Paschal II, Godfrey of Bouillon and Alexios I Komnenos.

Not quite contemporaries: Peter Abelard was born about 13 years after Harold Godwinson died, Vladimir the Great died about 5 years before Harold Godwinson was born, Pope Sergius IV died about 8 years before Harold Godwinson was born and Abdul Qadir Gilani was born about 12 years after Harold Godwinson died.

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Where Harold Godwinson’s contemporaries were born

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The 34 best-known contemporaries

34 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Harold Godwinson. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1046.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  4. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  6. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  8. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  9. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  10. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  11. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  12. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  13. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  14. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  15. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  16. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  17. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  18. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  19. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  20. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  21. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  22. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  23. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  24. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  25. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  26. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  27. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  28. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  29. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  30. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  31. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  32. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  33. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  34. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066