Who Was Alive

Were Omar Khayyam and Eleanor of Aquitaine alive at the same time?

Yes. Omar Khayyam and Eleanor of Aquitaine were alive at the same time for 6 or 7 years, from 1124 to 1131.

Eleanor of Aquitaine was 6 or 7 when Omar Khayyam died.

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

Mathematician and poet

Born 1045–1051 · died 4 December 1131

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Queen of Franks

Born 1124 · died 1 April 1204, aged 79 or 80

  1. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  5. Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1124 – 1204
  6. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  8. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  9. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  10. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226

Omar Khayyam and Eleanor of Aquitaine in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Omar Khayyam and Eleanor of Aquitaine were born

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