Lothair III
1075 – 1137 · 62 years · Königslutter · Europe
Reign: 1125 – 1137 (Holy Roman Empire & Austria)
Duke of Saxony, elected king in 1125 instead of Frederick of Staufen, sparking the Welf–Staufer feud. Crowned emperor in Rome in 1133, he campaigned against Roger II of Sicily and died on the way back from Italy.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Hildegard of Bingen — abbess, mystic and composer, 23 years younger
- Henry IV — emperor humbled at Canossa in his struggle with the pope, 25 years older
- William the Conqueror — Duke of Normandy, King of England, 47 years older
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) — philosopher, commentator on Aristotle, 51 years younger
- Henry I Beauclerc — law-giving king who created the Exchequer and the Charter of Liberties, 7 years older
- Louis VI the Fat — king who tamed the barons around Paris, 6 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vladimir II Monomakh — Grand Prince of Kiev, 22 years older
- Yuri Dolgoruky — prince of Rostov-Suzdal, founder of Moscow, 24 years younger
- Andrey Bogolyubsky — prince who moved the centre of Rus to Vladimir, 36 years younger
- Mstislav the Great — last ruler of a united Kievan Rus, 1 year younger
- Nestor the Chronicler — monk and chronicler, 19 years older
- Sviatopolk II — prince of Kiev, participant in the Congress of Liubech, 25 years older
Middle East
- Omar Khayyam — poet, mathematician, astronomer, 27 years older
- Anna Komnene — Byzantine princess and historian, 8 years younger
- Al-Ghazali — Islamic theologian and philosopher, 17 years older
Asia
- Li Qingzhao — Song dynasty poet, 9 years younger
- Shen Kuo — polymath, 44 years older
- Jayavarman VII — King of the Khmer Empire, 47 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 1077 Walk to Canossa — aged 2, Europe
- c. 1088 University of Bologna — aged 13, Europe
- 1099 Crusaders capture Jerusalem — aged 24, Middle East
- c. 1113–1150 Construction of Angkor Wat — aged 38, Asia
- 1113 Vladimir Monomakh in Kiev — aged 38, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1113 The Primary Chronicle — aged 38, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1136 The Novgorod Republic — aged 61, Eastern Europe & Russia