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Henry VI of England
Poems and Romances (Shrewsbury book), illuminated by the MASTER OF JOHN TALBOT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Henry VI of England

Monarch of England

Born 6 December 1421 · died 21 May 1471, aged 49
Also known as Henry VI

Who was alive at the same time as Henry VI of England?

  1. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  2. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  3. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  4. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  5. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  6. Henry VI of England, 1421 – 1471
  7. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  8. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  9. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  10. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  11. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  12. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  13. Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450 – 1516
  14. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  15. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  16. Ferdinand II of Aragon, 1452 – 1516
  17. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  18. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  19. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  20. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  21. Pope Paul III, 1468 – 1549
  22. Guru Nanak, 1469 – 1539
  23. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  24. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528

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When Henry VI of England was born, Zheng He was 49 or 50, Pope Pius II was 16, Leon Battista Alberti was 17, Pope Callixtus III was 42 and Henry V of England was 35.

When Henry VI of England died, Leonardo da Vinci was 19, Christopher Columbus was 19 or 20, Niccolò Machiavelli was 2, Albrecht Dürer was under a year old and Erasmus was 4.

Born during Henry VI of England’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Albrecht Dürer, Vasco da Gama, Erasmus, Mehmed II and Sandro Botticelli.

Not quite contemporaries: Michelangelo was born about 4 years after Henry VI of England died, Martin Luther was born about 12 years after Henry VI of England died, Nicolaus Copernicus was born about 2 years after Henry VI of England died and Ferdinand Magellan was born about 7 years after Henry VI of England died.

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The 93 best-known contemporaries

93 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Henry VI of England. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1446.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  4. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  5. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  6. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  7. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  8. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  9. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  10. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  11. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  12. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  13. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  14. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  15. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  16. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  17. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  18. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  19. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  20. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  21. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  22. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  23. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  24. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  25. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  26. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  27. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  28. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  29. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  30. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  31. Jami 1414 – 1492
  32. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  33. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  34. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  35. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  36. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  37. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  38. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  39. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  40. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  41. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  42. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  43. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  44. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  45. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  46. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  47. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  48. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  49. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  50. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  51. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  52. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  53. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  54. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  55. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  56. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  57. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  58. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  59. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  60. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  61. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  62. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  63. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  64. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  65. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  66. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  67. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  68. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  69. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  70. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  71. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  72. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  73. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  74. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  75. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  76. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  77. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  78. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  79. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  80. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  81. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  82. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  83. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  84. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  85. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  86. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  87. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  88. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  89. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  90. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  91. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  92. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  93. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457