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Louis the Pious
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Louis the Pious

King of Franks

Born AD 778 · died 20–24 June AD 840, aged 61 or 62
Also known as Hludovicus Pius, Louis the Debonaire, Ludovicus Pius

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

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  3. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  4. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  5. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  6. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  8. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  9. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  10. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  11. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  13. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  14. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  15. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  16. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  17. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  18. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  19. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  20. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  21. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  22. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  23. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  24. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884

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When Louis the Pious was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 56 or 57, Harun al-Rashid was 12, Pope Leo III was 27 or 28, Pope Adrian I was 77 or 78 and Al-Shafi'i was 10 or 11.

When Louis the Pious died, Charles the Bald was 17, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 29, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 59, Pope Adrian II was 47 or 48 and Pope Marinus I was 9 or 10.

Born during Louis the Pious’s lifetime: Adi Shankara, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Pope John VIII, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Pope Adrian II.

Not quite contemporaries: Du Fu died about 7 years before Louis the Pious was born, Alfred the Great was born about 9 years after Louis the Pious died, Abu Hanifa died about 10 years before Louis the Pious was born and Pepin the Short died about 10 years before Louis the Pious was born.

Where Louis the Pious’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Louis the Pious

The 69 best-known contemporaries

69 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Louis the Pious. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 809.

  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. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  9. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  10. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  12. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  13. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  14. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  15. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  16. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  17. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  18. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  19. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  20. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  21. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  22. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  23. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  24. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  25. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  26. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  27. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  28. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  29. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  30. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  31. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  32. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  33. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  34. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  35. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  36. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  37. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  38. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  39. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  40. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  41. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  42. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  43. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  44. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  45. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  46. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  47. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  48. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  49. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  50. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  51. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  52. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  53. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  54. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  55. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  56. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  57. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  58. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  59. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  60. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  61. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  62. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  63. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  64. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  65. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  66. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  67. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  68. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  69. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842