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Christine de Pizan
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Christine de Pizan

French poet

Born 11 September 1364 · died 1430, aged 65 or 66
Also known as Christine de Pisan, Christina de Pisa

Who was alive at the same time as Christine de Pizan?

  1. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  2. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  3. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  4. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  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. Christine de Pizan, 1364 – 1430
  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. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  22. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  23. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  24. Louis XI, 1423 – 1483

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When Christine de Pizan was born, Ibn Battuta was 60, Ibn Khaldun was 31 or 32, Petrarch was 60, Timur was 28 and Giovanni Boccaccio was 50 or 51.

When Christine de Pizan died, Pope Pius II was 24 or 25, Leon Battista Alberti was 25 or 26, Pope Callixtus III was 50 or 51, Jami was 15 or 16 and Louis XI was 6 or 7.

Born during Christine de Pizan’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 a year after Christine de Pizan died, Sandro Botticelli was born about 12 years after Christine de Pizan died, William of Ockham died about 13 years before Christine de Pizan was born and François Villon was born months after Christine de Pizan died.

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The 72 best-known contemporaries

72 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Christine de Pizan. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1397.

  1. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  2. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  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. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  12. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  13. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  14. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  15. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  16. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  17. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  18. Jami 1414 – 1492
  19. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  20. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  21. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  22. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  23. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  24. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  25. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  26. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  27. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  28. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  29. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  30. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  31. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  32. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  33. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  34. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  35. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  36. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  37. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  38. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  39. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  40. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  41. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  42. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  43. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  44. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  45. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  46. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  47. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  48. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  49. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  50. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  51. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  52. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  53. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  54. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  55. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  56. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  57. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  58. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  59. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  60. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  61. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  62. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  63. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  64. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  65. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  66. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  67. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  68. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  69. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  70. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  71. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370
  72. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457