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Edward the Black Prince
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Edward the Black Prince

English soldier

Born 15 June 1330 · died 8 June 1376, aged 45
Also known as Black Prince, the Black Prince

Who was alive at the same time as Edward the Black Prince?

  1. Pope John XXII, 1244 – 1334
  2. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  3. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  4. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  5. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Pope Urban V, 1310 – 1370
  9. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  10. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  11. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  12. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  13. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  14. Pope Gregory XI, c. 1331 – 1378
  15. Edward the Black Prince, 1330 – 1376
  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 the Black Prince was born, Ibn Battuta was 26, Petrarch was 25, Giovanni Boccaccio was 16 or 17, Orhan was 49 and Edward III was 17.

When Edward the Black Prince died, Ibn Khaldun was 43 or 44, Timur was 40, Zheng He was 4 or 5, Edward III was 63 and Catherine of Siena was 29.

Born during Edward the Black Prince’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Khaldun, Timur, Zheng He, Bayezid I, Catherine of Siena, Pope Martin V and Christine de Pizan.

Not quite contemporaries: Dante Alighieri died about 9 years before Edward the Black Prince was born, Marco Polo died about 6 years before Edward the Black Prince was born, Donatello was born about 8 years after Edward the Black Prince died and Osman I died about 4 years before Edward the Black Prince was born.

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Where Edward the Black Prince’s contemporaries were born

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The 46 best-known contemporaries

46 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Edward the Black Prince. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1353.

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  2. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  10. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  11. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  12. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  13. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  14. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  15. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  16. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  17. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  18. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  19. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  20. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  21. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  22. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  23. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  24. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  25. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  26. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  27. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  28. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  29. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  30. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  31. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  32. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  33. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  34. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  35. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  36. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  37. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  38. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  39. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  40. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  41. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  42. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  43. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  44. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  45. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  46. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370