Sviatoslav I
c. 942 – 972 · 30 years · Kyiv · Eastern Europe & Russia
Reign: 960 – 972 (Rus and Russia)
Warrior prince who destroyed the Khazar Khaganate and fought Byzantium on the Danube.
Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 10th century
Portrait: Chestnut ah · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Otto the Great — founder of the Holy Roman Empire who crushed the Magyars at the Lech, 30 years older
- Hugh Capet — founder of the Capetian dynasty, 2 years older
- Edgar the Peaceful — king of a peaceful united England and patron of monastic reform, 1 year younger
- Otto II — emperor wed to the Byzantine Theophanu, defeated by the Arabs in Calabria, 13 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vladimir the Great — Grand Prince of Kiev, 18 years younger
- Olga of Kiev — grand princess of Kiev, 22 years older
- Yaropolk I — prince of Kiev who fell in a civil war with his brother Vladimir, 13 years younger
Middle East
- Ferdowsi — Persian poet, 2 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 946 Millennium Eruption of Mount Paektu — aged 4, Asia
- c. 950–1250 Medieval Warm Period — aged 8, Americas
- 960 Founding of the Song dynasty — aged 18, Asia
- 962 Coronation of Otto I — aged 20, Europe
- 966 Baptism of Poland — aged 24, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 969 Founding of Cairo — aged 27, Africa
- 972 Al-Azhar Mosque opens — aged 30, Africa