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Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 21 September 1415 · died 18–19 August 1493, aged 77
Also known as King Frederick IV of Germany, Frederick the Peaceful, Frederick III

Who was alive at the same time as Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor?

  1. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  2. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  4. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1415 – 1493
  5. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  6. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  7. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  8. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  9. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  10. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  11. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  12. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  13. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  14. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  15. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  16. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  17. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  18. Raphael, 1483 – 1520
  19. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  20. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  21. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  22. Titian, c. 1490 – 1576
  23. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547
  24. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557

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When Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Zheng He was 43 or 44, Pope Pius II was 9, Leon Battista Alberti was 11, Pope Callixtus III was 36 and Henry V of England was 29.

When Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor died, Leonardo da Vinci was 41, Michelangelo was 18, Martin Luther was 9, Christopher Columbus was 41 or 42 and Niccolò Machiavelli was 24.

Born during Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan and Raphael.

Not quite contemporaries: Geoffrey Chaucer died about 13 years before Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Ibn Khaldun died about 9 years before Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Timur died about 10 years before Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor was born and Suleiman the Magnificent was born about a year after Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor died.

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The 132 best-known contemporaries

132 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1454.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  4. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  7. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  8. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  9. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  10. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  11. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  12. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  13. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  14. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  15. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  16. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  17. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  18. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  19. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  20. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  21. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  22. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  23. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  24. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  25. Babur 1483 – 1530
  26. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  27. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  28. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  29. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  30. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  31. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  32. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  33. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  34. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  35. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  36. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  37. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  38. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  39. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  40. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  41. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  42. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  43. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  44. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  45. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  46. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  47. Jami 1414 – 1492
  48. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  49. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  50. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  51. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  52. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  53. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  54. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  55. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  56. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  57. Catherine of Aragon 1485 – 1536
  58. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  59. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  60. Ismail I 1487 – 1524
  61. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  62. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  63. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  64. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  65. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  66. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  67. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  68. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  69. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  70. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  71. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  72. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  73. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  74. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  75. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  76. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  77. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  78. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  79. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  80. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  81. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  82. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  83. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  84. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  85. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  86. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  87. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  88. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  89. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  90. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  91. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  92. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  93. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  94. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  95. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  96. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  97. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  98. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  99. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  100. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  101. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  102. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  103. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  104. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  105. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  106. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  107. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  108. Marguerite de Navarre 1492 – 1549
  109. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  110. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  111. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  112. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  113. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  114. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  115. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  116. Juan Sebastián Elcano c. 1486 – 1526
  117. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 – 1534
  118. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  119. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  120. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  121. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  122. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  123. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  124. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  125. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  126. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  127. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  128. James IV 1473 – 1513
  129. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  130. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  131. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535
  132. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457