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Elizabeth of Hungary
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Elizabeth of Hungary

Hungarian philanthropist

Born 7 July 1207 · died 17 November 1231, aged 24
Also known as Saint Elizabeth, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Elisabetta d'Ungheria

Who was alive at the same time as Elizabeth of Hungary?

  1. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  2. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  3. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  4. Philip II of France, 1165 – 1223
  5. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  6. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  7. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  8. Snorri Sturluson, 1179 – 1241
  9. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  10. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  11. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  12. Anthony of Padua, 1195 – 1231
  13. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  14. Batu Khan, c. 1205 – c. 1255
  15. Elizabeth of Hungary, 1207 – 1231
  16. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  17. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  18. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  19. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  20. Pope Celestine V, 1215 – 1296
  21. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  22. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  23. Alexander Nevsky, 1220 – 1263
  24. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274

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When Elizabeth of Hungary was born, Genghis Khan was 45, Shota Rustaveli was 34 or 35, John, King of England was 40, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 12 and Ibn Arabi was 41.

When Elizabeth of Hungary died, Thomas Aquinas was 5 or 6, Rumi was 24, Kublai Khan was 16, Louis IX of France was 16 or 17 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 36.

Born during Elizabeth of Hungary’s lifetime: Thomas Aquinas, Rumi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Louis IX of France, Roger Bacon, Nasreddin and Pope Celestine V.

Not quite contemporaries: Saladin died about 14 years before Elizabeth of Hungary was born, Averroes died about 9 years before Elizabeth of Hungary was born, Zhu Xi died about 7 years before Elizabeth of Hungary was born and Richard I of England died about 8 years before Elizabeth of Hungary was born.

What happened in Elizabeth of Hungary’s lifetime

Where Elizabeth of Hungary’s contemporaries were born

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The 50 best-known contemporaries

50 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Elizabeth of Hungary. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1219.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  3. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  4. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  6. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  7. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  8. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  9. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  10. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  11. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  12. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  13. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  14. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  15. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  16. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  17. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  18. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  19. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  20. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  21. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  22. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  23. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  24. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  25. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  26. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  27. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  28. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  29. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  30. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  31. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  32. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  33. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  34. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  35. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  36. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  37. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  38. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  39. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  40. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  41. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  42. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  43. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  44. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  45. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  46. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  47. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  48. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  49. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  50. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240