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Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
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Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 14 May 1316 · died 29 November 1378, aged 62
Also known as Charles IV, Karl von Luxemburg, Charles of Luxembourg

Who was alive at the same time as Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor?

  1. Pope John XXII, 1244 – 1334
  2. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  3. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  6. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  7. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  8. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  9. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  10. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  11. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  12. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  13. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  14. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  15. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  16. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  17. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  18. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  19. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  20. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  21. Christine de Pizan, 1364 – 1430
  22. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  23. Charles VI of France, 1368 – 1422
  24. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435

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When Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Marco Polo was 61, Ibn Battuta was 12, Petrarch was 11, Giovanni Boccaccio was 2 or 3 and Osman I was 57.

When Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor died, Ibn Khaldun was 45 or 46, Timur was 42, Zheng He was 6 or 7, Catherine of Siena was 31 and Christine de Pizan was 14.

Born during Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Khaldun, Hafez, Timur, Zheng He, Bayezid I, John Wycliffe and Catherine of Siena.

Not quite contemporaries: Johannes Gutenberg was born about 15 years after Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor died, Donatello was born about 6 years after Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor died, William Wallace died about 11 years before Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was born and Edward I died about 9 years before Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was born.

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The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1347.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  7. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  8. Timur 1336 – 1405
  9. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  10. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  11. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  12. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  13. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  14. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  15. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  16. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  17. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  18. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  19. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  20. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  21. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  22. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  23. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  24. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  25. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  26. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  27. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  28. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  29. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  30. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  31. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  32. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  33. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  34. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  35. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  36. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  37. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  38. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  39. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  40. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  41. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  42. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  43. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  44. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  45. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  46. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  47. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  48. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  49. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  50. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  51. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  52. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  53. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  54. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  55. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  56. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  57. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  58. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  59. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370