Who Was Alive
Pope Gregory VIII
Gregorius VIII, pope (-1187) (depicted), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Gregory VIII

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1100s · died 17 December 1187
Also known as Gregory VIII, Albertus de Morra, Gregorius VIII. Papa

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

  1. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  3. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  4. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  5. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  6. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  7. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  8. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  10. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  11. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  12. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  13. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  14. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  15. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  16. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  17. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  18. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  19. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  20. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  21. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  22. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  23. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  24. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226

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When Pope Gregory VIII died, Genghis Khan was 25, Saladin was 48 or 49, Averroes was 61, Zhu Xi was 57 and Richard I of England was 30.

Born during Pope Gregory VIII’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Saladin, Francis of Assisi, Averroes, Zhu Xi, Richard I of England, Maimonides and Frederick Barbarossa.

Not quite contemporaries: William the Conqueror died about 13 years before Pope Gregory VIII was born, Pope Urban II died about a year before Pope Gregory VIII was born, Albertus Magnus was born about 11 years after Pope Gregory VIII died and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was born about 8 years after Pope Gregory VIII died.

Where Pope Gregory VIII’s contemporaries were born

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The 54 best-known contemporaries

54 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Gregory VIII. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1149.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  4. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  5. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  6. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  8. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  9. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  10. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  11. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  12. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  13. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  14. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  15. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  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 Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  21. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  22. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  23. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  24. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  25. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  26. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  27. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  28. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  29. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  30. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  31. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  32. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  33. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  34. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  35. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  36. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  37. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  38. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  39. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  40. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  41. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  42. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  43. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  44. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  45. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  46. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  47. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  48. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  49. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  50. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  51. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  52. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  53. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  54. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230