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Pope Nicholas II
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Pope Nicholas II

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 990s · died 27 July 1061
Also known as Nicholas II, Gérard de Bourgogne, Gerard de Bourgogne

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Nicholas II?

  1. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  3. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  4. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  5. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  6. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  7. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  8. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  9. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  10. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  11. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  12. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  13. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  14. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  15. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  16. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  17. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  18. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  19. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  20. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  21. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  22. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  23. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  24. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100

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When Pope Nicholas II died, Godfrey of Bouillon was about a year old, Alexios I Komnenos was 12 or 13, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 10, Alp Arslan was 32 and Philip I of France was 9.

Born during Pope Nicholas II’s lifetime: Omar Khayyam, Al-Ghazali, William the Conqueror, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Pope Leo IX, Pope Alexander II and Harold Godwinson.

Not quite contemporaries: Henry I of England was born about 5 years after Pope Nicholas II died, Pope Callixtus II was born about 2 years after Pope Nicholas II died and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor died about 7 years before Pope Nicholas II was born.

What happened in Pope Nicholas II’s lifetime

Where Pope Nicholas II’s contemporaries were born

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The 45 best-known contemporaries

45 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Nicholas II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1031.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  5. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  6. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  7. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  8. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  9. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  10. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  11. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  12. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  13. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  14. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  15. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  16. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  17. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  18. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  19. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  20. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  21. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  22. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  23. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  24. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  25. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  26. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  27. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  28. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  29. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  30. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  31. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  32. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  33. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  34. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  35. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  36. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  37. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  38. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  39. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  40. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  41. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  42. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  43. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  44. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  45. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066