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Margaret I of Denmark
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Margaret I of Denmark

Monarch of Norway

Born 1353 · died 28 October 1412, aged 58 or 59
Also known as Margaret I of Scandinavia, Queen Margreth I, Margreth I of Denmark

Who was alive at the same time as Margaret I of Denmark?

  1. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  2. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  4. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  5. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  6. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  7. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  9. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  10. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  11. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  12. Margaret I of Denmark, 1353 – 1412
  13. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  14. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  15. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  16. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  17. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  18. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  19. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  20. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  21. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  22. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  23. Skanderbeg, 1405 – 1468
  24. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464

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When Margaret I of Denmark was born, Ibn Battuta was 48 or 49, Petrarch was 48 or 49, Timur was 16 or 17, Giovanni Boccaccio was 39 or 40 and Orhan was 71 or 72.

When Margaret I of Denmark died, Zheng He was 40 or 41, Pope Pius II was 7, Leon Battista Alberti was 8, Pope Callixtus III was 33 and Henry V of England was 26.

Born during Margaret I of Denmark’s lifetime: Johannes Gutenberg, Zheng He, Donatello, Jan Hus, Pope Pius II, Leon Battista Alberti, Pope Callixtus III and Henry V of England.

Not quite contemporaries: William of Ockham died about 2 years before Margaret I of Denmark was born, Jami was born about 2 years after Margaret I of Denmark died, Louis XI was born about 11 years after Margaret I of Denmark died and Pope Sixtus IV was born about 2 years after Margaret I of Denmark died.

Where Margaret I of Denmark’s contemporaries were born

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The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Margaret I of Denmark. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1383.

  1. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  2. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  3. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  4. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  7. Timur 1336 – 1405
  8. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  9. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  10. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  11. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  12. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  13. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  14. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  15. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  16. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  17. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  18. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  19. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  20. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  21. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  22. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  23. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  24. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  25. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  26. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  27. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  28. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  29. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  30. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  31. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  32. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  33. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  34. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  35. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  36. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  37. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  38. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  39. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  40. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  41. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  42. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  43. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  44. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  45. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  46. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  47. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  48. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  49. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  50. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  51. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  52. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  53. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  54. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  55. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  56. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  57. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  58. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  59. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  60. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  61. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  62. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  63. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  64. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  65. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370
  66. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457