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Sigebert I
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Sigebert I

King of Franks

Born AD 535 · died AD 575

Who was alive at the same time as Sigebert I?

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When Sigebert I was born, Justinian I was 52 or 53, Benedict of Nursia was 54 or 55, Khosrow I was 33 or 34, Columba was 13 or 14 and Saint David was 22 or 23.

When Sigebert I died, Muhammad was 3 or 4, Phocas was 27 or 28, Gregory of Tours was 36 or 37, Amr ibn al-As was 4 or 5 and Columba was 53 or 54.

Born during Sigebert I’s lifetime: Muhammad, Pope Gregory I, Isidore of Seville, Pope Adeodatus I, Pope Boniface IV, Pope Boniface III, Amina bint Wahb and Maurice.

Not quite contemporaries: Umar was born about 9 years after Sigebert I died, Boethius died about 11 years before Sigebert I was born, Theodoric the Great died about 9 years before Sigebert I was born and Pope Honorius I was born about 8 years after Sigebert I died.

Where Sigebert I’s contemporaries were born

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The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Sigebert I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 556.

  1. Muhammad AD 571 – AD 632
  2. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  3. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  4. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  5. Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
  6. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  7. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  8. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  9. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  10. Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
  11. Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
  12. Pope Adeodatus I AD 570 – AD 618
  13. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  14. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  15. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  16. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  17. Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
  18. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  19. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  20. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  21. Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
  22. Khosrow II AD 570 – AD 628
  23. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
  24. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 568 – AD 653
  25. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  26. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  27. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  28. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  29. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  30. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  31. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  32. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  33. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  34. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  35. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  36. Abu Sufyan c. AD 570 – c. AD 646
  37. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  38. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  39. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  40. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
  41. Bhartṛhari AD 570 – c. AD 651
  42. Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
  43. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  44. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  45. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  46. Childebert II AD 570 – AD 596
  47. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  48. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  49. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  50. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  51. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  52. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  53. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  54. Prince Shōtoku AD 574 – AD 622
  55. Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
  56. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  57. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  58. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  59. Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
  60. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  61. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  62. Theodelinda c. AD 570 – c. AD 628
  63. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  64. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  65. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601
  66. Ammar ibn Yasir AD 570 – AD 657