Who Was Alive
Clare of Assisi
Simone Martini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Clare of Assisi

Italian nun

Born 16 July 1194 · died 11 August 1253, aged 59
Also known as Saint Clara, Clara, Saint Clare of Assisi

Who was alive at the same time as Clare of Assisi?

  1. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  2. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  3. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  4. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  5. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  6. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  7. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  8. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  9. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  10. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  11. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  12. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  13. Clare of Assisi, 1194 – 1253
  14. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  15. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  16. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  17. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  18. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  19. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  20. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  21. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  22. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  23. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  24. Edward I, 1239 – 1307

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When Clare of Assisi was born, Genghis Khan was 32, Averroes was 68, Zhu Xi was 63, Richard I of England was 36 and Shota Rustaveli was 21 or 22.

When Clare of Assisi died, Thomas Aquinas was 27 or 28, Rumi was 45, Kublai Khan was 37, Louis IX of France was 38 or 39 and Nasreddin was 44 or 45.

Born during Clare of Assisi’s lifetime: Thomas Aquinas, Rumi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Albertus Magnus, Louis IX of France, Roger Bacon and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Not quite contemporaries: Dante Alighieri was born about 10 years after Clare of Assisi died, Marco Polo was born about a year after Clare of Assisi died, Saladin died about a year before Clare of Assisi was born and Hildegard of Bingen died about 15 years before Clare of Assisi was born.

What happened in Clare of Assisi’s lifetime

Where Clare of Assisi’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Clare of Assisi

The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Clare of Assisi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1224.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  3. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  4. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  6. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  9. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  10. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  11. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  12. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  13. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  14. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  17. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  18. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  19. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  20. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  21. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  22. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  23. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  24. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  25. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  26. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  27. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  28. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  29. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  30. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  31. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  32. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  33. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  34. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  35. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  36. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  37. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  38. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  39. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  40. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  41. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  42. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  43. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  44. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  45. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  46. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  47. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  48. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  49. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  50. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  51. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  52. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  53. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  54. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  55. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  56. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  57. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  58. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  59. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  60. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  61. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  62. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  63. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  64. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  65. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  66. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240