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Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born AD 955 · died 7 December AD 983, aged 27 or 28
Also known as Otto II, Otto II., Otto the Red

Who was alive at the same time as Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor?

  1. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  2. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  3. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  4. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  5. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  6. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  7. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  8. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  9. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  10. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  11. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  12. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 955 – AD 983
  13. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  14. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  15. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  16. Bolesław I the Brave, AD 967 – 1025
  17. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  18. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  19. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  20. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  21. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  22. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  23. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  24. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024

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When Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Ferdowsi was 14 or 15, Otto the Great was 42 or 43, Hugh Capet was 14 or 15 and Constantine VII was 49 or 50.

When Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor died, Ferdowsi was 43, Al-Biruni was 10, Hugh Capet was 42 or 43, Pope Gregory V was 10 or 11 and Basil II was 24 or 25.

Born during Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor’s lifetime: Avicenna, Al-Biruni, Ibn al-Haytham, Leif Erikson, Pope Gregory V, Pope Benedict VIII, Stephen I of Hungary and Pope John XIX.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Farabi died about 4 years before Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Cnut was born about 11 years after Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor died, Pope Gregory VI was born about 15 years after Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor died and Pope Nicholas II was born about 7 years after Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor died.

Where Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor’s contemporaries were born

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The 30 best-known contemporaries

30 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 970.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  4. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  7. Pope John XII c. AD 937 – AD 964
  8. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  9. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  10. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  11. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  12. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  13. Sviatoslav I c. AD 942 – AD 972
  14. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  15. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  16. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  17. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  18. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  19. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  20. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  21. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  22. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  23. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  24. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  25. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  26. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  27. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  28. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  29. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  30. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057