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Ögedei Khan
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Ögedei Khan

Khagan of the Mongol Empire

Born 7 November 1186 · died 11 December 1241, aged 55
Also known as Ogotai, Yuán Tàizōng, Tai Zong

Who was alive at the same time as Ögedei Khan?

  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. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  13. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  14. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  15. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  16. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  17. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  18. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  19. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  20. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  21. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  22. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  23. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  24. Edward I, 1239 – 1307

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When Ögedei Khan was born, Genghis Khan was 24, Saladin was 47 or 48, Averroes was 60, Zhu Xi was 56 and Richard I of England was 29.

When Ögedei Khan died, Thomas Aquinas was 15 or 16, Rumi was 34, Kublai Khan was 26, Louis IX of France was 26 or 27 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 46.

Born during Ögedei Khan’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: Marco Polo was born about 13 years after Ögedei Khan died, Hildegard of Bingen died about 7 years before Ögedei Khan was born, Pope Alexander III died about 5 years before Ögedei Khan was born and Pope John XXII was born about 3 years after Ögedei Khan died.

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The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ögedei Khan. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1214.

  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. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  24. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  25. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  26. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  27. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  28. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  29. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  30. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  31. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  32. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  33. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  34. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  35. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  36. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  37. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  38. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  39. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  40. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  41. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  42. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  43. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  44. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  45. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  46. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  47. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  48. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  49. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  50. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  51. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  52. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  53. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  54. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  55. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  56. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  57. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  58. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  59. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  60. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  61. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  62. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  63. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  64. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  65. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  66. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240