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Francis II of France
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Francis II of France

King of France

Born 19 January 1544 · died 5 December 1560, aged 16
Also known as Franciscus II de France, Francis II Valois, François II de France

Who was alive at the same time as Francis II of France?

  1. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  2. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  3. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  4. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  5. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547
  6. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  7. François Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
  8. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566
  9. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500 – 1558
  10. Nostradamus, 1503 – 1566
  11. John Calvin, 1509 – 1564
  12. Luís de Camões, c. 1525 – 1580
  13. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, 1525 – 1594
  14. Philip II of Spain, 1527 – 1598
  15. Ivan the Terrible, 1530 – 1584
  16. Michel de Montaigne, 1533 – 1592
  17. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  18. Francis Drake, c. 1540 – 1596
  19. El Greco, 1541 – 1614
  20. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  21. Francis II of France, 1544 – 1560
  22. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  23. Tycho Brahe, 1546 – 1601
  24. Giordano Bruno, 1548 – 1600

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When Francis II of France was born, Michelangelo was 68, Martin Luther was 60, Elizabeth I was 10, Hernán Cortés was 58 or 59 and Akbar was 1.

When Francis II of France died, Michelangelo was 85, Elizabeth I was 27, Akbar was 18, Suleiman the Magnificent was 66 and Giordano Bruno was 12.

Born during Francis II of France’s lifetime: Miguel de Cervantes, Giordano Bruno, Tycho Brahe, Henry IV of France, Torquato Tasso, Pope Paul V, John Napier and Pope Gregory XV.

Not quite contemporaries: William Shakespeare was born about 4 years after Francis II of France died, Galileo Galilei was born about 4 years after Francis II of France died, Nicolaus Copernicus died about a year before Francis II of France was born and Francis Bacon was born about a year after Francis II of France died.

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The 110 best-known contemporaries

110 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Francis II of France. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1552.

  1. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  2. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  3. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  4. Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
  5. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  6. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  7. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  8. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  9. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  10. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  11. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  12. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  13. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  14. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500 – 1558
  15. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  16. Nostradamus 1503 – 1566
  17. Francis Drake c. 1540 – 1596
  18. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  19. Ivan the Terrible 1530 – 1584
  20. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525 – 1594
  21. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  22. Luís de Camões c. 1525 – 1580
  23. Philip II of Spain 1527 – 1598
  24. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  25. Teresa of Ávila 1515 – 1582
  26. Mary, Queen of Scots 1542 – 1587
  27. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  28. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  29. Mary I 1516 – 1558
  30. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  31. Edward VI 1537 – 1553
  32. Torquato Tasso 1544 – 1595
  33. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  34. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  35. Pieter Bruegel the Elder c. 1525 – 1569
  36. Pope Pius V 1504 – 1572
  37. Catherine de' Medici 1519 – 1589
  38. Francis Xavier 1506 – 1552
  39. Giorgio Vasari 1511 – 1574
  40. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  41. Hürrem Sultan c. 1507 – c. 1560
  42. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  43. Pope Pius IV 1499 – 1565
  44. Tintoretto 1519 – 1594
  45. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  46. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  47. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  48. Andreas Vesalius 1514 – 1564
  49. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  50. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  51. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  52. Pope Sixtus V 1521 – 1590
  53. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  54. Pope Urban VII 1521 – 1590
  55. John of the Cross 1542 – 1591
  56. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  57. Humayun 1508 – 1556
  58. William the Silent 1533 – 1584
  59. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  60. Oda Nobunaga 1534 – 1582
  61. Pope Gregory XIV 1535 – 1591
  62. Lady Jane Grey 1537 – 1554
  63. Murad III 1546 – 1595
  64. Andrea Palladio 1508 – c. 1580
  65. Paolo Veronese 1528 – 1588
  66. Willem Barentsz c. 1551 – 1597
  67. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  68. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503 – 1564
  69. Selim II 1524 – 1574
  70. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1537 – 1598
  71. Edmund Spenser c. 1553 – 1599
  72. Pierre de Ronsard 1524 – 1585
  73. Henry III of France 1551 – 1589
  74. Pope Marcellus II 1501 – 1555
  75. Charles IX of France 1550 – 1574
  76. Pope Innocent IX 1519 – 1591
  77. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  78. Gerardus Mercator 1512 – 1594
  79. Henry II of France 1519 – 1559
  80. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  81. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  82. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  83. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  84. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  85. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  86. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  87. Étienne de La Boétie 1530 – 1563
  88. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  89. Marguerite de Navarre 1492 – 1549
  90. John Knox c. 1514 – 1572
  91. Michael Servetus 1511 – 1553
  92. François Viète 1540 – 1603
  93. Benvenuto Cellini 1500 – 1571
  94. Giuseppe Arcimboldo 1527 – 1593
  95. Abraham Ortelius 1527 – 1598
  96. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor 1527 – 1576
  97. Anne of Cleves 1515 – 1557
  98. Sofonisba Anguissola 1532 – 1625
  99. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  100. Bronzino 1503 – 1572
  101. Matteo Ricci 1552 – 1610
  102. Feodor I of Russia 1557 – 1598
  103. Elizabeth Báthory 1560 – 1614
  104. Georgius Agricola 1494 – 1555
  105. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  106. Charles IX of Sweden 1550 – 1611
  107. Jean Bodin 1530 – 1596
  108. Joseph of Anchieta 1534 – 1597
  109. Tomás Luis de Victoria c. 1548 – 1611
  110. Philip Sidney 1554 – 1586