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Louis VIII of France
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Louis VIII of France

King of France

Born 5 September 1187 · died 8 November 1226, aged 39
Also known as Louis VIII

Who was alive at the same time as Louis VIII of France?

  1. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  2. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  3. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  4. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  5. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  6. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  7. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  8. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  9. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  10. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  11. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  12. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  13. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  14. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  15. Louis VIII of France, 1187 – 1226
  16. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  17. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  18. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  19. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  20. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  21. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  22. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  23. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  24. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274

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When Louis VIII of France was born, Genghis Khan was 25, Saladin was 48 or 49, Averroes was 61, Zhu Xi was 56 and Richard I of England was 29.

When Louis VIII of France died, Genghis Khan was 64, Thomas Aquinas was about a year old, Rumi was 19, Kublai Khan was 11 and Louis IX of France was 11 or 12.

Born during Louis VIII of France’s lifetime: Thomas Aquinas, Rumi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Albertus Magnus, Louis IX of France, Roger Bacon and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Not quite contemporaries: Hildegard of Bingen died about 8 years before Louis VIII of France was born, Edward I was born about 13 years after Louis VIII of France died, Pope Alexander III died about 6 years before Louis VIII of France was born and Pope Boniface VIII was born about 9 years after Louis VIII of France died.

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Louis VIII of France. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1207.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  3. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  4. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  5. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  6. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  8. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  9. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  10. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  11. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  12. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  13. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  14. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  15. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  16. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  17. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  18. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  19. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  20. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  21. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  22. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  23. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  24. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  25. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  26. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  27. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  28. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  29. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  30. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  31. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  32. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  33. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  34. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  35. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  36. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  37. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  38. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  39. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  40. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  41. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  42. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  43. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  44. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  45. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  46. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  47. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  48. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  49. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  50. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  51. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  52. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  53. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  54. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  55. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  56. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  57. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  58. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  59. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  60. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  61. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240