Who Was Alive
Stephen, King of England
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Stephen, King of England

Monarch of England

Born 1095 · died 25 October 1154, aged 58 or 59
Also known as Stephen of Blois, Stephen, King Stephen of England

Who was alive at the same time as Stephen, King of England?

  1. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  2. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  3. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  4. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  5. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124
  6. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  7. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  8. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  9. Stephen, King of England, 1095 – 1154
  10. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  11. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  12. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  13. Pope Celestine III, 1106 – 1198
  14. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  15. Louis VII of France, 1120 – 1180
  16. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  17. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  18. Chrétien de Troyes, c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  19. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  20. Henry II of England, 1133 – 1189
  21. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  22. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  23. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  24. Pope Honorius III, 1148 – 1227

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When Stephen, King of England was born, Peter Abelard was 15 or 16, Alexios I Komnenos was 46 or 47, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 44 or 45, Anna Komnene was 11 or 12 and Louis VI of France was 13 or 14.

When Stephen, King of England died, Saladin was 15 or 16, Averroes was 28, Zhu Xi was 24, Frederick Barbarossa was 31 and Henry II of England was 21.

Born during Stephen, King of England’s lifetime: Saladin, Averroes, Zhu Xi, Hildegard of Bingen, Maimonides, Frederick Barbarossa, Nizami Ganjavi and Muhammad al-Idrisi.

Not quite contemporaries: Genghis Khan was born about 8 years after Stephen, King of England died, William the Conqueror died about 8 years before Stephen, King of England was born, Richard I of England was born about 3 years after Stephen, King of England died and Pope Innocent III was born about 6 years after Stephen, King of England died.

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The 42 best-known contemporaries

42 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Stephen, King of England. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1125.

  1. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  3. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  5. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  6. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  7. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  8. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  9. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  10. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  11. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  12. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  13. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  14. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  15. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  16. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  17. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  18. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  19. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  20. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  21. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  22. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  23. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  24. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  25. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  26. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  27. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  28. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  29. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  30. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  31. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  32. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  33. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  34. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  35. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  36. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  37. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  38. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  39. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  40. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  41. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  42. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166