Who Was Alive

Were Louis IX of France and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Louis IX of France and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1270.

Louis IX of France

King of France from 1226 to 1270

Born 1214–1215 · died 25 August 1270, aged 55 or 56

Dante Alighieri

Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

  1. Genghis Khan
  2. Rumi
  3. Louis IX of France
  4. Thomas Aquinas
  5. Marco Polo
  6. Dante Alighieri
  7. Ibn Battuta
  8. Petrarch
Louis IX of France and Dante Alighieri in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.