Who Was Alive

Were Yaroslav the Wise and William the Conqueror alive at the same time?

Yes. Yaroslav the Wise and William the Conqueror were alive at the same time, from 1027–1028 to 1054.

Yaroslav the Wise

Yaroslav the Wise

Politician

Born AD 978 · died 20 February 1054, aged 75 or 76

William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror

Monarch of England

Born 1027–1028 · died 9 September 1087

  1. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  3. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  4. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  5. Yaroslav the Wise, AD 978 – 1054
  6. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  7. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  8. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111

Yaroslav the Wise and William the Conqueror 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 Yaroslav the Wise and William the Conqueror were born

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