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Louis XI
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Louis XI

King of France

Born 3 July 1423 · died 30 August 1483, aged 60
Also known as Louis XI of France, Louis the Prudent

Who was alive at the same time as Louis XI?

  1. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  2. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  3. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  4. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  5. Louis XI, 1423 – 1483
  6. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  7. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  8. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  9. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  10. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  11. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  12. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  13. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  14. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  15. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  16. Guru Nanak, 1469 – 1539
  17. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  18. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  19. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  20. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  21. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  22. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  23. Babur, 1483 – 1530
  24. Raphael, 1483 – 1520

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When Louis XI was born, Zheng He was 51 or 52, Pope Pius II was 17, Leon Battista Alberti was 19, Pope Callixtus III was 44 and Jami was 8.

When Louis XI died, Leonardo da Vinci was 31, Michelangelo was 8, Christopher Columbus was 31 or 32, Niccolò Machiavelli was 14 and Nicolaus Copernicus was 10.

Born during Louis XI’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan, Raphael and Albrecht Dürer.

Not quite contemporaries: Martin Luther was born months after Louis XI died, Hernán Cortés was born about 2 years after Louis XI died, Jacques Cartier was born about 9 years after Louis XI died and Suleiman the Magnificent was born about 11 years after Louis XI died.

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The 112 best-known contemporaries

112 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Louis XI. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1453.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  6. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  7. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  8. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  9. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  10. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  11. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  12. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  13. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  14. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  15. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  16. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  17. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  18. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  19. Babur 1483 – 1530
  20. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  21. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  22. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  23. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  24. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  25. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  26. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  27. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  28. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  29. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  30. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  31. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  32. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  33. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  34. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  35. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  36. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  37. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  38. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  39. Jami 1414 – 1492
  40. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  41. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  42. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  43. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  44. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  45. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  46. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  47. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  48. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  49. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  50. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  51. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  52. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  53. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  54. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  55. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  56. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  57. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  58. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  59. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  60. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  61. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  62. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  63. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  64. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  65. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  66. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  67. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  68. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  69. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  70. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  71. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  72. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  73. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  74. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  75. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  76. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  77. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  78. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  79. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  80. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  81. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  82. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  83. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  84. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  85. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  86. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  87. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  88. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  89. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  90. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  91. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  92. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  93. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  94. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  95. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  96. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  97. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  98. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  99. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  100. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  101. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  102. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  103. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  104. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  105. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  106. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  107. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  108. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  109. James IV 1473 – 1513
  110. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  111. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  112. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457