the ledger of connections
The Connections of William the Conqueror
King of England from 1066 to 1087, Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (1028–1087) Every person recorded alongside William the Conqueror in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside William the Conqueror in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Herleva
- Spouses
- Matilda of Flanders
- Children
- Robert Curthose, William II of England, Henry I of England, Richard of Normandy, Adeliza, Constance of Normandy, Adela of Normandy, Alberta, Agatha of Normandy, Matilda of Normandy, Cecilia of Normandy
- Siblings
- Odo, Earl of Kent, Robert, Count of Mortain, Adelaide of Normandy
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1028 to 1087.
Medieval era
Al-Ghazali
1058 – December 19, 1111
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
Medieval era
Ibn al-Haytham
965 CE – 1038
Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
Medieval era
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
980 CE – June 18, 1037
Persian polymath whose Canon of Medicine taught Europe for 600 years
Medieval era
Al-Biruni
September 4, 973 CE – December 9, 1048
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
Medieval era
Omar Khayyam
May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
Medieval era
Ali Hujwiri
1009 – September 25, 1072
Sufi mystic
Medieval era
Abdul Qadir Gilani
March 17, 1078 – February 14, 1166
Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)
Medieval era
Rabia Balkhi
b. c. 1000
Persian poet, first woman poet of Islamic period
Medieval era
Su Shi
January 8, 1037 – August 24, 1101
Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
Medieval era
Li Qingzhao
March 19, 1084 – May 19, 1155
Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages"
Medieval era
Ly Thai To
March 8, 974 CE – 1028
Vietnamese emperor
Medieval era
Anawrahta
May 11, 1014 – April 11, 1077
Founder of the Pagan Empire