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Reccared I
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Reccared I

King of Wisigoths

Born AD 558–559 · died 21 December AD 601, aged 41 or 42
Also known as Recaredo, Rekkared

Who was alive at the same time as Reccared I?

  1. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  2. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  3. Belisarius, c. AD 505 – AD 565
  4. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  5. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  6. Pope Sabinian, c. AD 530 – AD 606
  7. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  8. Pope Boniface III, c. AD 540 – AD 607
  9. Pope Boniface IV, c. AD 550 – AD 615
  10. Amina bint Wahb, c. 550s – c. AD 578
  11. Isidore of Seville, c. AD 560 – AD 636
  12. Reccared I, c. AD 560 – AD 601
  13. Pope Adeodatus I, AD 570 – AD 618
  14. Muhammad, AD 571 – AD 632
  15. Abu Bakr, c. AD 573 – AD 634
  16. Heraclius, c. AD 575 – AD 641
  17. Uthman, c. AD 575 – AD 656
  18. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  19. Pope Honorius I, c. AD 585 – AD 638
  20. Umar, c. AD 586 – AD 644
  21. Khalid ibn al-Walid, AD 586 – AD 642
  22. Brahmagupta, c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  23. Pope Martin I, AD 598 – AD 655
  24. Ali, AD 599 – AD 661

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When Reccared I was born, Justinian I was 76 or 77, Gregory of Tours was 20 or 21, Columba was 37 or 38, Emperor Wen of Sui was 17 or 18 and Empress Suiko was 4 or 5.

When Reccared I died, Muhammad was 30, Ali was 2, Pope Martin I was 3, Khalid ibn al-Walid was 14 or 15 and Pope Adeodatus I was 30 or 31.

Born during Reccared I’s lifetime: Muhammad, Umar, Ali, Abu Bakr, Brahmagupta, Uthman, Heraclius and Pope Honorius I.

Not quite contemporaries: Aisha was born about 13 years after Reccared I died, Aryabhata died about 8 years before Reccared I was born, Fatima was born about 3 years after Reccared I died and Benedict of Nursia died about 12 years before Reccared I was born.

Where Reccared I’s contemporaries were born

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The 88 best-known contemporaries

88 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Reccared I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 581.

  1. Muhammad AD 571 – AD 632
  2. Umar c. AD 586 – AD 644
  3. Ali AD 599 – AD 661
  4. Abu Bakr c. AD 573 – AD 634
  5. Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  6. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  7. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  8. Uthman c. AD 575 – AD 656
  9. Heraclius c. AD 575 – AD 641
  10. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  11. Pope Honorius I c. AD 585 – AD 638
  12. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  13. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  14. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  15. Pope Martin I AD 598 – AD 655
  16. Khalid ibn al-Walid AD 586 – AD 642
  17. Pope Adeodatus I AD 570 – AD 618
  18. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  19. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  20. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  21. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  22. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  23. Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
  24. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  25. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  26. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  27. Bilal ibn Rabah AD 581 – c. AD 642
  28. Khosrow II AD 570 – AD 628
  29. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
  30. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  31. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  32. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  33. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  34. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  35. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  36. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  37. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  38. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  39. Emperor Taizong of Tang AD 598 – AD 649
  40. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  41. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  42. Chlothar II AD 584 – AD 629
  43. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam AD 594 – AD 656
  44. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  45. Abu Sufyan c. AD 570 – c. AD 646
  46. Harsha AD 590 – AD 647
  47. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  48. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  49. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah AD 583 – AD 639
  50. Zaynab bint Jahsh AD 592 – AD 642
  51. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  52. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
  53. Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
  54. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  55. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  56. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  57. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  58. Childebert II AD 570 – AD 596
  59. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  60. Zaynab bint Khuzayma AD 595 – AD 625
  61. Talha ibn Ubayd Allah AD 595 – AD 656
  62. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  63. John Climacus c. AD 579 – c. AD 649
  64. Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
  65. Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud AD 594 – AD 653
  66. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  67. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  68. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  69. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf c. AD 577 – c. AD 654
  70. Theophylact Simocatta AD 580 – AD 630
  71. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  72. Boran AD 590 – AD 632
  73. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  74. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  75. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  76. Prince Shōtoku AD 574 – AD 622
  77. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  78. Theudebert II AD 585 – AD 612
  79. Theuderic II AD 587 – AD 613
  80. Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
  81. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  82. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  83. Theodelinda c. AD 570 – c. AD 628
  84. Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi AD 581 – AD 629
  85. Pepin of Landen c. AD 585 – AD 640
  86. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  87. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  88. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657