Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Klemens von Metternich alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Klemens von Metternich were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1773 to 1821.

Napoleon was 3 when Klemens von Metternich was born.

Klemens von Metternich was 47 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

Klemens von Metternich

Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor

Born 15 May 1773 · died 11 June 1859, aged 86

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Klemens von Metternich
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Napoleon and Klemens von Metternich in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.