Who Was Alive

Were Ögedei Khan and Thomas Aquinas alive at the same time?

Yes. Ögedei Khan and Thomas Aquinas were alive at the same time for 15 or 16 years, from 1225 to 1241.

Ögedei Khan was 38 or 39 when Thomas Aquinas was born.

Thomas Aquinas was 15 or 16 when Ögedei Khan died, aged 55.

Ögedei Khan

Ögedei Khan

Khagan of the Mongol Empire

Born 7 November 1186 · died 11 December 1241, aged 55

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

Italian friar and philosopher

Born 1225 · died 7 March 1274, aged 48 or 49

  1. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  2. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  3. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  4. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  5. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  6. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  7. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  8. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321

Ögedei Khan and Thomas Aquinas in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Ögedei Khan and Thomas Aquinas were born

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