Who Was Alive
Pope Alexander III
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Pope Alexander III

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. 1100 · died 30 August 1181
Also known as Alexander III, Roland of Siena

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Alexander III?

  1. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  5. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  6. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  7. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  8. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  9. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  10. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  11. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  12. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  13. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  14. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  15. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  16. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  17. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  18. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  19. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  20. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  21. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  22. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  23. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  24. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216

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When Pope Alexander III died, Genghis Khan was 19, Saladin was 42 or 43, Averroes was 55, Zhu Xi was 50 and Richard I of England was 23.

Born during Pope Alexander III’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Saladin, Averroes, Zhu Xi, Richard I of England, Maimonides, Frederick Barbarossa and Shota Rustaveli.

Not quite contemporaries: William the Conqueror died about 11 years before Pope Alexander III was born, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was born about 14 years after Pope Alexander III died, Anthony of Padua was born about 14 years after Pope Alexander III died and Ögedei Khan was born about 5 years after Pope Alexander III died.

Where Pope Alexander III’s contemporaries were born

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The 52 best-known contemporaries

52 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Alexander III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1142.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  4. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  5. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  6. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  7. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  8. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  9. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  10. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  11. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  12. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  13. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  14. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  15. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  16. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  17. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  18. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  19. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  20. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  21. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  22. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  23. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  24. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  25. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  26. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  27. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  28. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  29. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  30. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  31. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  32. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  33. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  34. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  35. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  36. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  37. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  38. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  39. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  40. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  41. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  42. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  43. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  44. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  45. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  46. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  47. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  48. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  49. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  50. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  51. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  52. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230