Who Was Alive
Pope Gregory V
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Pope Gregory V

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 972 · died 23 February AD 999, aged 26 or 27
Also known as Gregory V, Bruno of Carinthia

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Gregory V?

  1. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  2. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  3. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  4. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  5. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  6. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 955 – AD 983
  7. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  8. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  9. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  10. Bolesław I the Brave, AD 967 – 1025
  11. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  12. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  13. Mahmud of Ghazni, AD 971 – 1030
  14. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  15. Robert II of France, AD 972 – 1031
  16. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  17. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  18. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 973 – 1024
  19. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  20. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  21. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  22. Yaroslav the Wise, AD 978 – 1054
  23. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 980 – 1002
  24. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035

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When Pope Gregory V was born, Ferdowsi was 31 or 32, Otto the Great was 59 or 60, Hugh Capet was 31 or 32, Basil II was 13 or 14 and Bolesław I the Brave was 4 or 5.

When Pope Gregory V died, Ferdowsi was 59, Al-Biruni was 25, Cnut was 4 or 5, Basil II was 40 or 41 and Bolesław I the Brave was 31 or 32.

Born during Pope Gregory V’s lifetime: Avicenna, Al-Biruni, Cnut, Pope Benedict VIII, Stephen I of Hungary, Pope John XIX, Yaroslav the Wise and Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope John XII died about 8 years before Pope Gregory V was born, Pope Benedict V died about 7 years before Pope Gregory V was born, Pope Leo VIII died about 7 years before Pope Gregory V was born and Pope Leo IX was born about 3 years after Pope Gregory V died.

Where Pope Gregory V’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 Pope Gregory V. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 986.

  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. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  8. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  9. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  10. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  11. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  12. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  13. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  14. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  15. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  16. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  17. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  18. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  19. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  20. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  21. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  22. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  23. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  24. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  25. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050