Who Was Alive
Radegund
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Radegund

Poet

Born AD 518 · died 13 August AD 587, aged 68 or 69
Also known as Radegundis von Thüringen

Who was alive at the same time as Radegund?

  1. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  2. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  3. Pope John I, c. AD 470 – AD 526
  4. Pope John II, AD 470 – AD 535
  5. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  6. Pope Silverius, AD 477 – AD 537
  7. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  8. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  9. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  10. Pope Agapetus I, 490s – AD 536
  11. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  12. Radegund, AD 518 – AD 587
  13. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  14. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  15. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  16. Pope Boniface IV, c. AD 550 – AD 615
  17. Isidore of Seville, c. AD 560 – AD 636
  18. Pope Adeodatus I, AD 570 – AD 618
  19. Muhammad, AD 571 – AD 632
  20. Abu Bakr, c. AD 573 – AD 634
  21. Heraclius, c. AD 575 – AD 641
  22. Uthman, c. AD 575 – AD 656
  23. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  24. Khalid ibn al-Walid, AD 586 – AD 642

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When Radegund was born, Justinian I was 35 or 36, Aryabhata was 41 or 42, Benedict of Nursia was 37 or 38, Theodoric the Great was 63 or 64 and Pope Hormisdas was 67 or 68.

When Radegund died, Muhammad was 16, Khalid ibn al-Walid was about a year old, Pope Adeodatus I was 16 or 17, Pope Agatho was 12 or 13 and Maurice was 47 or 48.

Born during Radegund’s lifetime: Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Pope Gregory I, Uthman, Heraclius, Isidore of Seville, Pope Benedict I and Khalid ibn al-Walid.

Not quite contemporaries: Ali was born about 12 years after Radegund died, Brahmagupta was born about 9 years after Radegund died, Clovis I died about 7 years before Radegund was born and Pope Martin I was born about 11 years after Radegund died.

Where Radegund’s contemporaries were born

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The 93 best-known contemporaries

93 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Radegund. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 553.

  1. Muhammad AD 571 – AD 632
  2. Abu Bakr c. AD 573 – AD 634
  3. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  4. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  5. Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
  6. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  7. Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
  8. Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
  9. Heraclius c. AD 575 – AD 641
  10. Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
  11. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  12. Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
  13. Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
  14. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  15. Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
  16. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  17. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  18. Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
  19. Khalid ibn al-Walid AD 586 – AD 642
  20. Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
  21. Pope Adeodatus I AD 570 – AD 618
  22. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  23. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  24. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  25. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  26. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  27. Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
  28. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  29. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  30. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  31. Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
  32. Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
  33. Bilal ibn Rabah AD 581 – c. AD 642
  34. Khosrow II AD 570 – AD 628
  35. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
  36. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  37. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  38. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  39. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  40. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  41. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  42. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  43. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  44. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  45. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  46. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  47. Chlothar II AD 584 – AD 629
  48. Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
  49. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  50. Amalasuintha AD 498 – AD 535
  51. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  52. Abu Sufyan c. AD 570 – c. AD 646
  53. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  54. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  55. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  56. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah AD 583 – AD 639
  57. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
  58. Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
  59. Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
  60. Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
  61. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  62. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  63. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  64. Childebert II AD 570 – AD 596
  65. Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
  66. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  67. John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
  68. Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
  69. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  70. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  71. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  72. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  73. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
  74. Theophylact Simocatta AD 580 – AD 630
  75. Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
  76. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  77. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  78. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  79. Prince Shōtoku AD 574 – AD 622
  80. Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
  81. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  82. Theudebert II AD 585 – AD 612
  83. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  84. Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
  85. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  86. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  87. Theodelinda c. AD 570 – c. AD 628
  88. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi AD 581 – AD 629
  89. Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
  90. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  91. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  92. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601
  93. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657