Who Was Alive
Dominic de Guzmán
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Dominic de Guzmán

Founder of Catholic religious community

Born 1168–1174 · died 6 August 1221
Also known as Saint Dominic, Saint Dominic de Guzman, Saint Dominicus

Who was alive at the same time as Dominic de Guzmán?

  1. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  2. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  3. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  4. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  5. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  6. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  7. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  8. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  9. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  10. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  11. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  12. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  13. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  14. Dominic de Guzmán, c. 1172 – 1221
  15. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  16. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  17. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  18. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  19. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  20. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  21. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  22. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  23. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  24. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294

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When Dominic de Guzmán died, Genghis Khan was 59, Rumi was 13, Kublai Khan was 5, Louis IX of France was 6 or 7 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 26.

Born during Dominic de Guzmán’s lifetime: Rumi, Francis of Assisi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Albertus Magnus, Louis IX of France, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Nasreddin.

Not quite contemporaries: Thomas Aquinas was born about 4 years after Dominic de Guzmán died, Bernard of Clairvaux died about 15 years before Dominic de Guzmán was born, Pope Boniface VIII was born about 14 years after Dominic de Guzmán died and Alfonso X of Castile was born months after Dominic de Guzmán died.

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Where Dominic de Guzmán’s contemporaries were born

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The 63 best-known contemporaries

63 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Dominic de Guzmán. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1198.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  3. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  4. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  6. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  9. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  10. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  11. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  12. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  13. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  14. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  15. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  16. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  17. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  18. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  19. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  20. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  21. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  22. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  23. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  24. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  25. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  26. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  27. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  28. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  29. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  30. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  31. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  32. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  33. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  34. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  35. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  36. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  37. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  38. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  39. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  40. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  41. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  42. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  43. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  44. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  45. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  46. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  47. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  48. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  49. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  50. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  51. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  52. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  53. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  54. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  55. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  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. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240