Who Was Alive

Were Dante Alighieri and Robert the Bruce alive at the same time?

Yes. Dante Alighieri and Robert the Bruce were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1274 to 1321.

Robert the Bruce was 47 when Dante Alighieri died.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce

Monarch of Scotland

Born 11 July 1274 · died 7 June 1329, aged 54

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Robert the Bruce, 1274 – 1329
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390

Dante Alighieri and Robert the Bruce 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 Robert the Bruce were born

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