Who Was Alive
Henry I of England
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Henry I of England

Monarch of England

Born c. 1068 · died 1 December 1135
Also known as Henry Beauclerc, Beauclerk, King Henry I of England

Who was alive at the same time as Henry I of England?

  1. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  2. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  3. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  4. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  5. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  6. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  7. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  8. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100
  9. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124
  10. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  11. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  12. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  13. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  14. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  15. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  16. Pope Celestine III, 1106 – 1198
  17. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  18. Pope Lucius III, 1110 – 1185
  19. Manuel I Komnenos, 1118 – 1180
  20. Louis VII of France, 1120 – 1180
  21. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  22. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  23. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  24. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189

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When Henry I of England died, Averroes was 9, Zhu Xi was 5, Peter Abelard was 55 or 56, Frederick Barbarossa was 12 or 13 and Henry II of England was 2.

Born during Henry I of England’s lifetime: Averroes, Zhu Xi, Hildegard of Bingen, Peter Abelard, Frederick Barbarossa, Bernard of Clairvaux, Muhammad al-Idrisi and Pope Alexander III.

Not quite contemporaries: Saladin was born about 3 years after Henry I of England died, Nizami Ganjavi was born about 4 years after Henry I of England died, Pope Honorius III was born about 13 years after Henry I of England died and Pope Leo IX died about 12 years before Henry I of England was born.

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Where Henry I of England’s contemporaries were born

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The 40 best-known contemporaries

40 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Henry I of England. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1103.

  1. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  3. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  4. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  5. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  6. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  7. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  8. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  9. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  10. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  11. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  12. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  13. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  14. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  15. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  16. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  17. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  18. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  19. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  20. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  21. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  22. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  23. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  24. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  25. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  26. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  27. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  28. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  29. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  30. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  31. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  32. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  33. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  34. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  35. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  36. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  37. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  38. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  39. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  40. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166