Who Was Alive
Pope Gregory VI
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Pope Gregory VI

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. 1000 · died 1048
Also known as Gregory VI, John Gratian, Giovanni Graziano

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

  1. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  3. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  4. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  6. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  7. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  8. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  9. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  10. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  11. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  12. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  13. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  14. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  15. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  16. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  17. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  18. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  19. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  20. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  21. Pope Victor III, c. 1028 – 1087
  22. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  23. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  24. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099

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When Pope Gregory VI died, Pope Leo IX was 45 or 46, Alp Arslan was 18 or 19, Henry I of France was 39 or 40, Al-Ma'arri was 74 or 75 and Shen Kuo was 16 or 17.

Born during Pope Gregory VI’s lifetime: William the Conqueror, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Pope Alexander II, Harold Godwinson, Pope Clement II, Pope Victor III and Alp Arslan.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Ghazali was born about 5 years after Pope Gregory VI died, Hugh Capet died about 2 years before Pope Gregory VI was born, Pope Callixtus II was born about 14 years after Pope Gregory VI died and Pope Paschal II was born about a year after Pope Gregory VI died.

Where Pope Gregory VI’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Pope Gregory VI

The 37 best-known contemporaries

37 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Gregory VI. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1026.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  4. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  5. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  6. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  7. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  8. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  9. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  10. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  11. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  12. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  13. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  14. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  15. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  16. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  17. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  18. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  19. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  20. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  21. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  22. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  23. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  24. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  25. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  26. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  27. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  28. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  29. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  30. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  31. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  32. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  33. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  34. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  35. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  36. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  37. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066