Who Was Alive
Alexander Nevsky
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Alexander Nevsky

Ruler

Born 13 May 1220 · died 14 November 1263, aged 43
Also known as Aleksandr Yaroslavich Nevsky, Saint Alexander Nevsky, Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky

Who was alive at the same time as Alexander Nevsky?

  1. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  2. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  3. Philip II of France, 1165 – 1223
  4. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  5. Snorri Sturluson, 1179 – 1241
  6. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  8. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  9. Anthony of Padua, 1195 – 1231
  10. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  11. Batu Khan, c. 1205 – c. 1255
  12. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  13. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  14. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  15. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  16. Pope Celestine V, 1215 – 1296
  17. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  18. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  19. Alexander Nevsky, 1220 – 1263
  20. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  21. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  22. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  23. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  24. Osman I, 1258 – 1326

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When Alexander Nevsky was born, Genghis Khan was 57, Rumi was 12, Kublai Khan was 4, Louis IX of France was 5 or 6 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 25.

When Alexander Nevsky died, Marco Polo was 9, Thomas Aquinas was 37 or 38, Rumi was 56, Kublai Khan was 48 and Osman I was 5.

Born during Alexander Nevsky’s lifetime: Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Osman I, Edward I, Pope Boniface VIII, Bonaventure, Pope John XXII and Amir Khusrau.

Not quite contemporaries: Giotto was born about 4 years after Alexander Nevsky died, Shota Rustaveli died about 4 years before Alexander Nevsky was born, Pope Innocent III died about 4 years before Alexander Nevsky was born and John, King of England died about 4 years before Alexander Nevsky was born.

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Where Alexander Nevsky’s contemporaries were born

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The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Alexander Nevsky. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1242.

  1. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  2. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  5. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  6. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  7. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  8. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  9. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  10. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  11. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  12. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  13. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  14. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  15. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  16. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  17. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  18. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  19. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  20. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  21. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  22. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  23. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  24. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  25. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  26. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  27. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  28. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  29. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  30. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  31. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  32. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  33. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  34. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  35. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  36. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  37. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  38. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  39. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  40. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  41. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  42. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  43. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  44. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  45. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  46. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  47. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  48. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  49. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  50. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  51. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  52. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  53. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  54. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  55. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  56. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  57. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  58. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  59. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240