Who Was Alive
Batu Khan
Rashid al-Din Hamadani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Batu Khan

Khan

Born c. 1205 · died c. 1255
Also known as Badou, Batu

Who was alive at the same time as Batu Khan?

  1. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  2. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  3. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  4. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  5. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  6. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  7. Snorri Sturluson, 1179 – 1241
  8. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  9. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  10. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  11. Anthony of Padua, 1195 – 1231
  12. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  13. Batu Khan, c. 1205 – c. 1255
  14. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  15. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  16. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  17. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  18. Pope Celestine V, 1215 – 1296
  19. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  20. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  21. Alexander Nevsky, 1220 – 1263
  22. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  23. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  24. Edward I, 1239 – 1307

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Born during Batu Khan’s lifetime: Thomas Aquinas, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Louis IX of France, Roger Bacon, Nasreddin, Edward I and Pope Boniface VIII.

Not quite contemporaries: Dante Alighieri was born about 6 years after Batu Khan died, Saladin died about 10 years before Batu Khan was born, Averroes died about 5 years before Batu Khan was born and Zhu Xi died about 3 years before Batu Khan was born.

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Where Batu Khan’s contemporaries were born

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The 58 best-known contemporaries

58 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Batu Khan. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1230.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  3. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  4. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  6. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  7. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  8. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  9. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  10. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  11. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  12. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  13. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  14. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  15. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  16. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  17. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  18. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  19. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  20. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  21. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  22. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  23. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  24. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  25. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  26. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  27. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  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. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  38. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  39. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  40. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  41. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  42. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  43. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  44. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  45. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  46. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  47. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  48. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  49. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  50. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  51. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  52. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  53. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  54. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  55. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  56. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  57. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  58. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240