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Yaroslav the Wise
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Yaroslav the Wise

Politician

Born AD 978 · died 20 February 1054, aged 75 or 76
Also known as Yaroslav Mudryi, Yaroslav Volodymyrovych

Who was alive at the same time as Yaroslav the Wise?

  1. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  4. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  7. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  8. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  9. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  10. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  11. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  12. Yaroslav the Wise, AD 978 – 1054
  13. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  14. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  15. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  16. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  17. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  18. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  19. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  20. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  21. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  22. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  23. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  24. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131

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When Yaroslav the Wise was born, Ferdowsi was 37 or 38, Al-Biruni was 4 or 5, Hugh Capet was 37 or 38, Pope Gregory V was 5 or 6 and Basil II was 19 or 20.

When Yaroslav the Wise died, Pope Leo IX was 51, Alexios I Komnenos was 5 or 6, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 3, Alp Arslan was 25 and Henry I of France was 45.

Born during Yaroslav the Wise’s lifetime: Omar Khayyam, William the Conqueror, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Cnut, Pope Leo IX, Pope Alexander II and Harold Godwinson.

Not quite contemporaries: Otto the Great died about 5 years before Yaroslav the Wise was born, Pope John XII died about 14 years before Yaroslav the Wise was born, Pope Benedict V died about 13 years before Yaroslav the Wise was born and Henry I of England was born about 12 years after Yaroslav the Wise died.

Where Yaroslav the Wise’s contemporaries were born

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The 45 best-known contemporaries

45 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Yaroslav the Wise. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1017.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  4. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  6. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  8. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  9. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  10. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  11. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  12. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  13. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  14. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  15. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  16. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  17. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  18. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  19. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  20. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  21. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  22. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  23. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  24. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  25. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  26. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  27. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  28. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  29. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  30. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  31. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  32. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  33. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  34. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  35. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  36. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  37. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  38. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  39. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  40. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  41. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  42. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  43. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  44. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  45. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066