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James I of Scotland
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James I of Scotland

Monarch of Scotland

Born 25 July 1394 · died 21 February 1437, aged 42
Also known as James I

Who was alive at the same time as James I of Scotland?

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  5. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  6. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  7. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  8. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  9. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  10. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  11. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  12. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  13. James I of Scotland, 1394 – 1437
  14. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  15. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  16. Skanderbeg, 1405 – 1468
  17. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  18. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  19. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  20. Louis XI, 1423 – 1483
  21. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  22. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  23. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  24. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481

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When James I of Scotland was born, Ibn Khaldun was 61 or 62, Timur was 58, Zheng He was 22 or 23, Pope Callixtus III was 15 and Henry V of England was 7.

When James I of Scotland died, Mehmed II was 4, François Villon was 5 or 6, Pope Pius II was 31, Leon Battista Alberti was 33 and Pope Callixtus III was 58.

Born during James I of Scotland’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Mehmed II, Pope Alexander VI, François Villon, Vlad the Impaler, Pope Pius II, Leon Battista Alberti and Jami.

Not quite contemporaries: Christopher Columbus was born about 14 years after James I of Scotland died, Hafez died about 3 years before James I of Scotland was born, Sandro Botticelli was born about 6 years after James I of Scotland died and Isabella I of Castile was born about 14 years after James I of Scotland died.

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Where James I of Scotland’s contemporaries were born

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The 64 best-known contemporaries

64 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as James I of Scotland. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1416.

  1. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  2. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Timur 1336 – 1405
  6. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  7. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  8. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  9. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  10. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  11. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  12. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  13. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  14. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  15. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  16. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  17. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  18. Jami 1414 – 1492
  19. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  20. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  21. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  22. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  23. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  24. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  25. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  26. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  27. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  28. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  29. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  30. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  31. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  32. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  33. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  34. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  35. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  36. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  37. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  38. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  39. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  40. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  41. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  42. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  43. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  44. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  45. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  46. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  47. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  48. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  49. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  50. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  51. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  52. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  53. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  54. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  55. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  56. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  57. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  58. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  59. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  60. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  61. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  62. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  63. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  64. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457