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Pope Victor III
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Pope Victor III

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1024–1029 · died 16 September 1087
Also known as Victor III, Daufer, Papa Victor III

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

  1. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  2. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  3. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  4. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  5. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  6. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  7. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  8. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  9. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  10. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  11. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  12. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  13. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  14. Pope Victor III, c. 1028 – 1087
  15. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  16. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  17. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  18. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  19. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  20. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  21. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100
  22. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124
  23. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  24. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142

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When Pope Victor III died, Peter Abelard was 7 or 8, Godfrey of Bouillon was 26 or 27, Alexios I Komnenos was 38 or 39, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 36 and Anna Komnene was 3.

Born during Pope Victor III’s lifetime: Omar Khayyam, Al-Ghazali, Peter Abelard, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Henry I of England, Pope Callixtus II and Pope Paschal II.

Not quite contemporaries: Ferdowsi died about 2 years before Pope Victor III was born, Hildegard of Bingen was born about 9 years after Pope Victor III died, Leif Erikson died about 2 years before Pope Victor III was born and Bernard of Clairvaux was born about 2 years after Pope Victor III died.

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Where Pope Victor III’s contemporaries were born

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The 41 best-known contemporaries

41 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Victor III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1059.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  4. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  6. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  8. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  9. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  10. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  11. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  12. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  13. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  14. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  15. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  16. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  17. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  18. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  19. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  20. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  21. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  22. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  23. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  24. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  25. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  26. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  27. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  28. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  29. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  30. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  31. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  32. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  33. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  34. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  35. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  36. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  37. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  38. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  39. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  40. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  41. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066