Who Was Alive

Roland

Knight

Born AD 737 · died 15 August AD 778, aged 40 or 41
Also known as Roland the Valiant

Who was alive at the same time as Roland?

  1. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  2. Leo III the Isaurian, AD 675 – AD 741
  3. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  4. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  5. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  6. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  7. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  8. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  9. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  10. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  11. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  12. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  13. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  14. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  15. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  16. Roland, AD 737 – AD 778
  17. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  18. Irene of Athens, c. AD 752 – AD 803
  19. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  20. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  21. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  22. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  23. Pope Stephen IV, c. AD 770 – AD 817
  24. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824

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When Roland was born, Li Bai was 35 or 36, Du Fu was 24 or 25, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 15 or 16, Abu Hanifa was 37 or 38 and Charles Martel was 48 or 49.

When Roland died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 56 or 57, Harun al-Rashid was 12, Pope Leo III was 27 or 28, Pope Adrian I was 77 or 78 and Al-Shafi'i was 10.

Born during Roland’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III, Al-Shafi'i, Pope Paschal I, Pope Stephen IV and Irene of Athens.

Not quite contemporaries: Adi Shankara was born about 8 years after Roland died, Bede died about 2 years before Roland was born, Pope Gregory II died about 6 years before Roland was born and Pope Gregory IV was born about 15 years after Roland died.

What happened in Roland’s lifetime

Where Roland’s contemporaries were born

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The 68 best-known contemporaries

68 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Roland. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 758.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  8. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  12. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  13. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  14. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  15. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  16. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  17. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  18. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  19. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  20. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  21. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  22. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  23. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  24. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  25. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  26. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  27. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  28. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  29. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  30. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  31. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  32. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  33. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  34. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  35. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  36. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  37. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  38. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  39. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  40. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  41. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  42. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  43. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  44. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  45. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  46. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  47. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  48. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  49. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  50. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  51. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  52. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  53. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  54. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  55. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  56. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  57. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  58. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  59. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  60. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  61. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  62. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  63. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  64. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  65. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  66. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  67. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  68. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842