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Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born AD 980 · died 17–24 January 1002, aged 21 or 22
Also known as Otto III, Otto III Mirabilia mundi, Otto Mirabilia mundi

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

  1. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  4. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  5. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 955 – AD 983
  6. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  7. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  8. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  9. Bolesław I the Brave, AD 967 – 1025
  10. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  11. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  12. Mahmud of Ghazni, AD 971 – 1030
  13. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  14. Robert II of France, AD 972 – 1031
  15. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  16. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  17. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 973 – 1024
  18. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  19. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  20. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  21. Yaroslav the Wise, AD 978 – 1054
  22. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 980 – 1002
  23. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  24. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035

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When Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Ferdowsi was 39 or 40, Al-Biruni was 6 or 7, Mahmud of Ghazni was 8 or 9, Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor was 6 or 7 and Robert II of France was 7 or 8.

When Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor died, Ferdowsi was 62, Al-Biruni was 28, Cnut was 7 or 8, Basil II was 43 or 44 and Bolesław I the Brave was 34 or 35.

Born during Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor’s lifetime: Cnut, Pope Nicholas II and Guido of Arezzo.

Not quite contemporaries: Otto the Great died about 7 years before Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Pope Benedict V died about 15 years before Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Pope Leo VIII died about 15 years before Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor was born and Pope Leo IX was born months after Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor died.

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

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The 25 best-known contemporaries

25 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 991.

  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. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  7. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  8. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  9. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  10. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  11. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  12. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  13. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  14. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  15. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  16. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  17. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  18. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  19. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  20. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  21. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  22. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  23. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  24. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  25. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050