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Constantine XI Palaiologos
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Constantine XI Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor

Born 8 February 1404 · died 29 May 1453, aged 49
Also known as Konstantinos XI Palaiologos, Marmaroménos Vasiliás

Who was alive at the same time as Constantine XI Palaiologos?

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  3. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  4. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  5. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  6. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  7. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Constantine XI Palaiologos, 1404 – 1453
  10. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  11. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  12. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  13. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  14. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  15. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  16. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  17. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  18. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  19. Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450 – 1516
  20. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  21. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  22. Ferdinand II of Aragon, 1452 – 1516
  23. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  24. Richard III of England, 1452 – 1485

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When Constantine XI Palaiologos was born, Ibn Khaldun was 71 or 72, Timur was 67, Zheng He was 32 or 33, Pope Callixtus III was 25 and Henry V of England was 17.

When Constantine XI Palaiologos died, Leonardo da Vinci was 1, Christopher Columbus was 1 or 2, Mehmed II was 21, Isabella I of Castile was 2 and François Villon was 21 or 22.

Born during Constantine XI Palaiologos’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Joan of Arc, Mehmed II, Sandro Botticelli, Pope Alexander VI, Isabella I of Castile and François Villon.

Not quite contemporaries: Vasco da Gama was born about 5 years after Constantine XI Palaiologos died, Geoffrey Chaucer died about 2 years before Constantine XI Palaiologos was born, Hafez died about 13 years before Constantine XI Palaiologos was born and Erasmus was born about 13 years after Constantine XI Palaiologos died.

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The 82 best-known contemporaries

82 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Constantine XI Palaiologos. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1429.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  3. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  4. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  5. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  9. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  10. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  11. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  12. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  13. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  14. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  15. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  16. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  17. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  18. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  19. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  20. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  21. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  22. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  23. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  24. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  25. Jami 1414 – 1492
  26. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  27. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  28. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  29. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  30. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  31. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  32. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  33. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  34. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  35. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  36. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  37. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  38. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  39. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  40. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  41. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  42. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  43. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  44. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  45. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  46. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  47. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  48. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  49. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  50. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  51. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  52. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  53. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  54. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  55. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  56. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  57. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  58. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  59. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  60. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  61. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  62. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  63. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  64. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  65. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  66. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  67. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  68. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  69. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  70. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  71. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  72. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  73. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  74. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  75. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  76. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  77. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  78. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  79. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  80. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  81. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  82. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457