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Hugh Capet
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Hugh Capet

King of Franks

Born AD 940 · died 24 October AD 996, aged 55 or 56
Also known as Hugh Capet of France, first King of the Franks, Hugues Capet

Who was alive at the same time as Hugh Capet?

  1. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  2. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  4. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  5. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  6. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  7. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  8. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  9. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  10. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  11. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  12. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  13. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  14. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  15. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  16. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  17. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  18. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  19. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  20. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  21. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  22. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  23. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  24. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035

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When Hugh Capet was born, Otto the Great was 27 or 28 and Constantine VII was 34 or 35.

When Hugh Capet died, Ferdowsi was 56, Al-Biruni was 23, Pope Gregory V was 23 or 24, Cnut was 1 or 2 and Basil II was 37 or 38.

Born during Hugh Capet’s lifetime: Avicenna, Al-Biruni, Ibn al-Haytham, Leif Erikson, Vladimir the Great, Pope Gregory V, Cnut and Pope Benedict VIII.

Not quite contemporaries: Abu Bakr al-Razi died about 15 years before Hugh Capet was born, Pope John X died about 8 years before Hugh Capet was born, Pope Leo IX was born about 6 years after Hugh Capet died and Pope Alexander II was born about 14 years after Hugh Capet died.

Where Hugh Capet’s contemporaries were born

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The 35 best-known contemporaries

35 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Hugh Capet. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 969.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  4. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  7. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  8. Pope John XII c. AD 937 – AD 964
  9. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  10. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  11. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  12. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  13. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  14. Sviatoslav I c. AD 942 – AD 972
  15. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  16. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  17. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  18. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  19. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  20. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  21. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  22. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  23. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  24. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  25. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  26. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  27. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  28. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  29. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  30. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  31. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  32. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  33. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  34. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  35. Edmund I c. AD 920 – AD 946