Who Was Alive

Were Æthelstan and Otto the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Æthelstan and Otto the Great were alive at the same time for 26 years, from AD 912 to AD 939.

Otto the Great was 26 when Æthelstan died.

Æthelstan

Æthelstan

Monarch of England

Born c. AD 895 · died 26–27 October AD 939

Otto the Great

Otto the Great

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 23 November AD 912 · died 7 May AD 973, aged 60

  1. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  2. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  3. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  4. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  5. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  6. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  7. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  8. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  9. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039

Æthelstan and Otto the Great in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Æthelstan and Otto the Great were born

Æthelstan and Otto the Great are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (9 of 9 placed); tap one to open that person.
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