Who Was Alive
Louis the German
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Louis the German

King of East Francia

Born c. AD 806 · died 28 August AD 876
Also known as Ludwig II., Ludwig II König von Germanien, Ludwig II

Who was alive at the same time as Louis the German?

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  4. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  7. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  8. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  9. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  11. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  12. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  13. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  14. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  16. Louis the German, c. AD 806 – AD 876
  17. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  18. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  19. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  20. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  21. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  22. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  23. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  24. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

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When Louis the German died, Alfred the Great was 26 or 27, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 9 or 10, Charles the Bald was 53, Pope Marinus I was 45 or 46 and Pope Theodore II was 35 or 36.

Born during Louis the German’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope John VIII, Pope Formosus and Pope Sergius III.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Adrian I died about 9 years before Louis the German was born, Malik ibn Anas died about 9 years before Louis the German was born, Charles the Simple was born about 3 years after Louis the German died and Irene of Athens died about a year before Louis the German was born.

Where Louis the German’s contemporaries were born

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The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Louis the German. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 843.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  8. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  9. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  10. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  13. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  14. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  15. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  16. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  17. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  18. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  19. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  20. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  21. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  22. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  23. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  24. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  25. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  26. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  27. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  28. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  29. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  30. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  31. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  32. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  33. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  34. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  35. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  36. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  37. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  38. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  39. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  40. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  41. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  42. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  43. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  44. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  45. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  46. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  47. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  48. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  49. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  50. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  51. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  52. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  53. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  54. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  55. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  56. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  57. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  58. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  59. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  60. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  61. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  62. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  63. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  64. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  65. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  66. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842