Who Was Alive
Henry the Fowler
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Henry the Fowler

King of East Francia

Born c. AD 876 · died 2 July AD 936
Also known as Henry I the Fowler, Henry I

Who was alive at the same time as Henry the Fowler?

  1. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  2. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  3. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  4. Rurik, AD 830 – AD 879
  5. Charles the Fat, c. AD 836 – AD 888
  6. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  7. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  8. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  9. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  10. Al-Hallaj, c. AD 858 – AD 922
  11. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  12. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  13. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  14. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  15. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  16. Henry the Fowler, c. AD 876 – AD 936
  17. Charles the Simple, AD 879 – AD 929
  18. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  19. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  20. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  21. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  22. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  23. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  24. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965

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When Henry the Fowler died, Otto the Great was 23, Rudaki was 76 or 77 and Constantine VII was 31.

Born during Henry the Fowler’s lifetime: Otto the Great, Pope Benedict V, Pope Leo VIII, Æthelstan, Pope John XI, Al-Masudi, Constantine VII and Charles the Simple.

Not quite contemporaries: Ferdowsi was born about 4 years after Henry the Fowler died, Al-Kindi died about a year before Henry the Fowler was born, Muhammad al-Bukhari died about 4 years before Henry the Fowler was born and Pope Adrian II died about 2 years before Henry the Fowler was born.

Where Henry the Fowler’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Henry the Fowler

The 28 best-known contemporaries

28 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Henry the Fowler. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 908.

  1. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  2. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  5. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  6. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  7. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  8. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  9. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  10. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  11. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  12. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  13. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  14. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  15. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  16. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  17. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  18. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  19. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  20. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  21. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  22. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  23. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  24. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  25. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  26. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  27. Edmund I c. AD 920 – AD 946
  28. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923