Who Was Alive
Edward I
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Edward I

Monarch of England

Born 17 June 1239 · died 7 July 1307, aged 68
Also known as Edward I of England, Edward Longshanks, Edward I Longshanks

Who was alive at the same time as Edward I?

  1. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  2. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  3. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  4. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  5. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  6. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  7. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  8. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  9. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  10. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  11. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  12. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  13. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  14. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  15. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  16. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  17. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  18. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  19. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  20. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  21. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  22. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  23. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  24. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

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When Edward I was born, Thomas Aquinas was 13 or 14, Rumi was 31, Kublai Khan was 23, Louis IX of France was 24 or 25 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 44.

When Edward I died, Marco Polo was 52, Ibn Battuta was 3, Petrarch was 2, Osman I was 48 and Philip IV of France was 39.

Born during Edward I’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, Osman I, Giotto, William of Ockham and William Wallace.

Not quite contemporaries: Genghis Khan died about 12 years before Edward I was born, Giovanni Boccaccio was born about 6 years after Edward I died, Francis of Assisi died about 13 years before Edward I was born and Edward III was born about 5 years after Edward I died.

What happened in Edward I’s lifetime

Where Edward I’s contemporaries were born

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The 69 best-known contemporaries

69 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Edward I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1273.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  9. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  10. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  11. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  12. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  13. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  14. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  15. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  16. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  17. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  18. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  19. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  20. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  21. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  22. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  23. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  24. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  25. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  26. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  27. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  28. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  29. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  30. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  31. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  32. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  33. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  34. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  35. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  36. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  37. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  38. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  39. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  40. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  41. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  42. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  43. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  44. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  45. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  46. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  47. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  48. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  49. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  50. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  51. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  52. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  53. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  54. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  55. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  56. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  57. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  58. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  59. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  60. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  61. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  62. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  63. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  64. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  65. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  66. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  67. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  68. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  69. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240