Who Was Alive

Were William the Conqueror and Alexios I Komnenos alive at the same time?

Yes. William the Conqueror and Alexios I Komnenos were alive at the same time for 38 or 39 years, from 1048 to 1087.

Alexios I Komnenos was 38 or 39 when William the Conqueror died.

William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror

Monarch of England

Born 1027–1028 · died 9 September 1087

Alexios I Komnenos

Alexios I Komnenos

Byzantine emperor

Born 1048 · died 15 August 1118, aged 69 or 70

  1. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  2. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  3. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  4. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  6. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118
  7. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  8. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  9. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179

William the Conqueror and Alexios I Komnenos 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 William the Conqueror and Alexios I Komnenos were born

William the Conqueror and Alexios I Komnenos 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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