Who Was Alive
Edward III
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Edward III

Monarch of England

Born 13 November 1312 · died 21 June 1377, aged 64
Also known as Edward III of England, Edward of Windsor

Who was alive at the same time as Edward III?

  1. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  2. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  3. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  4. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  5. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  6. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  7. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  8. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  9. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  10. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  11. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  12. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  13. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  14. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  15. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  16. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  17. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  18. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  19. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  20. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  21. Christine de Pizan, 1364 – 1430
  22. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  23. Charles VI of France, 1368 – 1422
  24. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435

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When Edward III was born, Marco Polo was 58, Ibn Battuta was 8, Petrarch was 8, Osman I was 54 and Philip IV of France was 44.

When Edward III died, Ibn Khaldun was 44 or 45, Timur was 41, Zheng He was 5 or 6, Catherine of Siena was 30 and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 61.

Born during Edward III’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Khaldun, Hafez, Timur, Zheng He, Giovanni Boccaccio, Bayezid I and John Wycliffe.

Not quite contemporaries: Donatello was born about 7 years after Edward III died, William Wallace died about 7 years before Edward III was born, Edward I died about 5 years before Edward III was born and Pope Boniface VIII died about 9 years before Edward III was born.

What happened in Edward III’s lifetime

Where Edward III’s contemporaries were born

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Edward III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1345.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  7. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  8. Timur 1336 – 1405
  9. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  10. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  11. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  12. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  13. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  14. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  15. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  16. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  17. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  18. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  19. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  20. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  21. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  22. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  23. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  24. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  25. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  26. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  27. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  28. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  29. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  30. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  31. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  32. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  33. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  34. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  35. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  36. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  37. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  38. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  39. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  40. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  41. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  42. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  43. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  44. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  45. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  46. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  47. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  48. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  49. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  50. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  51. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  52. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  53. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  54. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  55. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  56. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  57. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  58. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  59. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  60. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  61. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370