Who Was Alive
Hulegu Khan
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Hulegu Khan

Ruler

Born 21 February 1217 · died 8 February 1265, aged 47
Also known as Xuliewu, Suregu

Who was alive at the same time as Hulegu Khan?

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When Hulegu Khan was born, Genghis Khan was 54, Rumi was 9, Kublai Khan was 1, Louis IX of France was 1 or 2 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 22.

When Hulegu Khan died, Marco Polo was 10, Thomas Aquinas was 39 or 40, Rumi was 57, Kublai Khan was 49 and Osman I was 6.

Born during Hulegu Khan’s lifetime: Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Osman I, Roger Bacon, Edward I, Pope Boniface VIII, Alexander Nevsky and Bonaventure.

Not quite contemporaries: Maimonides died about 13 years before Hulegu Khan was born, Giotto was born about 2 years after Hulegu Khan died, Shota Rustaveli died about a year before Hulegu Khan was born and Pope Innocent III died about a year before Hulegu Khan was born.

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Hulegu Khan. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1241.

  1. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  2. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  5. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  6. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  7. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  8. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  9. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  10. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  11. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  12. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  13. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  14. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  15. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  16. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  17. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  18. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  19. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  20. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  21. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  22. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  23. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  24. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  25. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  26. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  27. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  28. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  29. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  30. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  31. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  32. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  33. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  34. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  35. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  36. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  37. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  38. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  39. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  40. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  41. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  42. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  43. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  44. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  45. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  46. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  47. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  48. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  49. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  50. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  51. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  52. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  53. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  54. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  55. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  56. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  57. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  58. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  59. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  60. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  61. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240