Who Was Alive

Were Dante Alighieri and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor alive at the same time?

Yes. Dante Alighieri and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1316 to 1321.

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 5 when Dante Alighieri died.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 14 May 1316 · died 29 November 1378, aged 62

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  6. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  7. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Dante Alighieri and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Dante Alighieri and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor were born

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