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Charles the Bold
Rogier van der Weyden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Charles the Bold

French mint lord

Born 10 November 1433 · died 5 January 1477, aged 43
Also known as Charles le Téméraire, Charles de Valois-Bourgogne, Charles le Temeraire

Who was alive at the same time as Charles the Bold?

  1. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  2. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  4. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  5. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  6. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  7. Charles the Bold, 1433 – 1477
  8. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  9. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  10. Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450 – 1516
  11. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  12. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  13. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  14. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  15. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  16. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  17. Pope Paul III, 1468 – 1549
  18. Guru Nanak, 1469 – 1539
  19. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  20. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  21. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  22. Ludovico Ariosto, 1474 – 1533
  23. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  24. Pope Leo X, 1475 – 1521

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When Charles the Bold was born, Mehmed II was 1, François Villon was 1 or 2, Pope Pius II was 28, Leon Battista Alberti was 29 and Pope Callixtus III was 54.

When Charles the Bold died, Leonardo da Vinci was 24, Michelangelo was 1, Christopher Columbus was 25 or 26, Niccolò Machiavelli was 7 and Nicolaus Copernicus was 3.

Born during Charles the Bold’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Albrecht Dürer, Vasco da Gama and Erasmus.

Not quite contemporaries: Martin Luther was born about 6 years after Charles the Bold died, Ferdinand Magellan was born about a year after Charles the Bold died, Joan of Arc died about 2 years before Charles the Bold was born and Raphael was born about 6 years after Charles the Bold died.

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Where Charles the Bold’s contemporaries were born

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The 92 best-known contemporaries

92 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Charles the Bold. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1455.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  6. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  7. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  8. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  10. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  11. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  12. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  13. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  14. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  15. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  16. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  17. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  18. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  19. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  20. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  21. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  22. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  23. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  24. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  25. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  26. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  27. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  28. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  29. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  30. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  31. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  32. Jami 1414 – 1492
  33. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  34. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  35. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  36. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  37. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  38. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  39. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  40. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  41. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  42. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  43. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  44. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  45. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  46. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  47. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  48. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  49. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  50. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  51. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  52. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  53. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  54. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  55. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  56. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  57. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  58. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  59. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  60. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  61. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  62. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  63. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  64. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  65. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  66. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  67. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  68. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  69. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  70. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  71. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  72. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  73. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  74. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  75. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  76. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  77. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  78. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  79. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  80. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  81. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  82. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  83. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  84. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  85. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  86. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  87. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  88. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  89. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  90. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  91. James IV 1473 – 1513
  92. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457