Who Was Alive

Were Frederick Barbarossa and Saladin alive at the same time?

Yes. Frederick Barbarossa and Saladin were alive at the same time for 51 or 52 years, from 1138 to 1190.

Frederick Barbarossa was 15 or 16 when Saladin was born.

Saladin was 51 or 52 when Frederick Barbarossa died, aged 67.

Frederick Barbarossa

Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190

Born December 1122 · died 10–17 June 1190, aged 67

Saladin

Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty

Born 1138 · died 4 March 1193, aged 54 or 55

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Hildegard of Bingen
  3. Frederick Barbarossa
  4. Averroes
  5. Zhu Xi
  6. Saladin
  7. Genghis Khan
  8. Francis of Assisi
Frederick Barbarossa and Saladin in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.