Who Was Alive
Saxo Grammaticus
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Saxo Grammaticus

Danish historian

Born c. 1150 · died 1204–1220

Who was alive at the same time as Saxo Grammaticus?

  1. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  2. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  3. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  4. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  5. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  6. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  8. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  9. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  10. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  11. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  12. Saxo Grammaticus, c. 1150 – c. 1213
  13. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  14. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  15. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  16. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  17. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  18. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  19. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  20. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  21. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  22. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  23. Anthony of Padua, 1195 – 1231
  24. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280

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Born during Saxo Grammaticus’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Francis of Assisi, Richard I of England, Shota Rustaveli, Pope Innocent III, Albertus Magnus, John, King of England and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Not quite contemporaries: Thomas Aquinas was born about 4 years after Saxo Grammaticus died, Peter Abelard died about 6 years before Saxo Grammaticus was born, Pope Boniface VIII was born about 14 years after Saxo Grammaticus died and Henry I of England died about 13 years before Saxo Grammaticus was born.

Where Saxo Grammaticus’s contemporaries were born

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The 51 best-known contemporaries

51 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Saxo Grammaticus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1179.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  3. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  4. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  5. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  6. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  7. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  8. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  9. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  10. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  11. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  12. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  13. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  14. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  15. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  16. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  17. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  18. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  19. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  20. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  21. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  22. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  23. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  24. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  25. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  26. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  27. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  28. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  29. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  30. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  31. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  32. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  33. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  34. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  35. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  36. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  37. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  38. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  39. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  40. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  41. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  42. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  43. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  44. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  45. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  46. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  47. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  48. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  49. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  50. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  51. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230