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Meister Eckhart
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Meister Eckhart

German philosopher and theologian

Born c. 1260 · died c. 1328

Who was alive at the same time as Meister Eckhart?

  1. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  2. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  3. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  4. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  5. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  6. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  7. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  8. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  9. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  10. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  11. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  12. Meister Eckhart, c. 1260 – c. 1328
  13. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  14. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  15. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  16. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  17. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  18. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  19. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  20. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  21. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  22. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  23. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  24. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375

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Born during Meister Eckhart’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Giotto, William of Ockham, William Wallace and Philip IV of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Geoffrey Chaucer was born about 11 years after Meister Eckhart died, Ibn Khaldun was born about 2 years after Meister Eckhart died, Timur was born about 6 years after Meister Eckhart died and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor died about 8 years before Meister Eckhart was born.

Where Meister Eckhart’s contemporaries were born

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The 67 best-known contemporaries

67 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Meister Eckhart. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1295.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  7. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  8. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  9. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  10. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  11. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  12. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  13. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  14. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  17. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  18. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  19. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  20. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  21. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  22. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  23. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  24. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  25. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  26. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  27. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  28. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  29. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  30. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  31. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  32. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  33. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  34. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  35. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  36. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  37. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  38. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  39. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  40. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  41. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  42. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  43. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  44. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  45. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  46. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  47. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  48. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  49. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  50. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  51. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  52. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  53. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  54. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  55. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  56. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  57. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  58. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  59. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  60. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  61. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  62. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  63. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  64. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  65. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  66. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  67. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370