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Pelagius of Asturias
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Pelagius of Asturias

Monarch of the Kingdom of Asturias

Born c. AD 685 · died AD 737
Also known as Pelagius, Don Pelayo

Who was alive at the same time as Pelagius of Asturias?

  1. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  2. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, c. AD 646 – AD 705
  3. Pope Sisinnius, c. AD 650 – AD 708
  4. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  5. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  6. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  7. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  10. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  11. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AD 681 – c. AD 720
  12. Pelagius of Asturias, c. AD 685 – AD 737
  13. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  14. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  15. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  16. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  17. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  18. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  19. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  20. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  21. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  22. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  23. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  24. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815

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When Pelagius of Asturias died, Li Bai was 35 or 36, Du Fu was 24 or 25, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 15 or 16, Abu Hanifa was 37 or 38 and Charles Martel was 48 or 49.

Born during Pelagius of Asturias’s lifetime: Li Bai, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Hanifa, Charles Martel, Pope Adrian I, Pepin the Short and Pope Paul I.

Not quite contemporaries: Charlemagne was born about 2 years after Pelagius of Asturias died, Brahmagupta died about 10 years before Pelagius of Asturias was born, Aisha died about 3 years before Pelagius of Asturias was born and Husayn ibn Ali died about 3 years before Pelagius of Asturias was born.

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Where Pelagius of Asturias’s contemporaries were born

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The 72 best-known contemporaries

72 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pelagius of Asturias. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 713.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  4. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  5. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  6. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  7. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  8. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  9. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  10. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  11. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  12. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  13. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  14. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  15. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  16. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  17. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  18. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  19. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  20. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  21. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  22. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  23. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  24. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  25. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  26. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  27. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  28. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  29. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  30. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  31. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  32. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  33. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  34. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  35. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  36. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  37. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  38. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  39. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  40. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  41. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  42. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  43. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  44. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  45. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  46. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  47. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  48. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  49. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  50. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  51. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  52. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  53. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  54. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  55. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  56. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  57. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  58. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  59. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  60. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  61. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  62. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  63. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  64. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  65. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  66. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  67. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  68. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  69. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  70. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  71. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  72. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754