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Charles VI of France
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Charles VI of France

King of France

Born 3 December 1368 · died 21 October 1422, aged 53
Also known as Charles the Beloved, Charles the Mad, Charles VI

Who was alive at the same time as Charles VI of France?

  1. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  2. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  3. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  4. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  5. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  7. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  8. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  9. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  10. Charles VI of France, 1368 – 1422
  11. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  12. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  13. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  14. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  15. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  16. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  17. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  18. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  19. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  20. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  21. Skanderbeg, 1405 – 1468
  22. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  23. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  24. Jami, 1414 – 1492

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When Charles VI of France was born, Ibn Khaldun was 35 or 36, Petrarch was 64, Timur was 32, Giovanni Boccaccio was 54 or 55 and Edward III was 56.

When Charles VI of France died, Zheng He was 50 or 51, Pope Pius II was 17, Leon Battista Alberti was 18, Pope Callixtus III was 43 and Jami was 7.

Born during Charles VI of France’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Johannes Gutenberg, Zheng He, Donatello, Jan Hus, Pope Pius II, Leon Battista Alberti and Pope Callixtus III.

Not quite contemporaries: Mehmed II was born about 10 years after Charles VI of France died, Pope Alexander VI was born about 7 years after Charles VI of France died, François Villon was born about 9 years after Charles VI of France died and Vlad the Impaler was born about 6 years after Charles VI of France died.

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The 69 best-known contemporaries

69 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Charles VI of France. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1395.

  1. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  2. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  7. Timur 1336 – 1405
  8. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  9. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  10. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  11. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  12. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  13. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  14. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  15. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  16. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  17. Jami 1414 – 1492
  18. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  19. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  20. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  21. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  22. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  23. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  24. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  25. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  26. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  27. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  28. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  29. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  30. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  31. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  32. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  33. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  34. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  35. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  36. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  37. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  38. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  39. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  40. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  41. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  42. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  43. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  44. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  45. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  46. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  47. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  48. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  49. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  50. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  51. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  52. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  53. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  54. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  55. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  56. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  57. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  58. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  59. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  60. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  61. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  62. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  63. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  64. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  65. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  66. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  67. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  68. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370
  69. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457