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Leo VI the Wise
Byzantinischer Mosaizist des 9. Jahrhunderts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Leo VI the Wise

Byzantine emperor

Born 19 September AD 866 · died 11 May AD 912, aged 45
Also known as Emperor of the East Leo VI, Leo the Philosopher, Leo the Wise

Who was alive at the same time as Leo VI the Wise?

  1. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  2. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  3. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  4. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  5. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  6. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  7. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, AD 821 – AD 875
  8. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  9. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  10. Rurik, AD 830 – AD 879
  11. Charles the Fat, c. AD 836 – AD 888
  12. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  13. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  14. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  15. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  16. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  17. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  18. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  19. Leo VI the Wise, AD 866 – AD 912
  20. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  21. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  22. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  23. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  24. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959

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When Leo VI the Wise was born, Alfred the Great was 16 or 17, Charles the Bald was 43, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 56, Pope Adrian II was 73 or 74 and Pope Marinus I was 35 or 36.

When Leo VI the Wise died, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 45 or 46, Rudaki was 52 or 53, Constantine VII was 6, Charles the Simple was 32 and Robert I of France was 51.

Born during Leo VI the Wise’s lifetime: Al-Farabi, Pope Benedict V, Æthelstan, Al-Masudi, Constantine VII, Henry the Fowler, Charles the Simple and Olga of Kiev.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi died about 13 years before Leo VI the Wise was born, Otto the Great was born months after Leo VI the Wise died, Ahmad ibn Hanbal died about 11 years before Leo VI the Wise was born and Pope Leo IV died about 11 years before Leo VI the Wise was born.

Where Leo VI the Wise’s contemporaries were born

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The 33 best-known contemporaries

33 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Leo VI the Wise. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 889.

  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. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  5. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  6. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  7. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  8. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  9. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  10. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  11. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  12. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  13. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  14. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  15. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  16. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  17. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  18. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  19. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  20. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  21. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  22. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  23. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  24. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  25. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  26. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  27. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  28. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  29. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  30. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  31. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  32. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  33. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869