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Philip IV of France
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Philip IV of France

King of France

Born June 1268 · died 29 November 1314, aged 46
Also known as Philip IV, Philip the Fair

Who was alive at the same time as Philip IV of France?

  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. Pope Celestine V, 1215 – 1296
  7. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  8. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  9. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  10. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  11. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  12. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  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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When Philip IV of France was born, Marco Polo was 13, Thomas Aquinas was 42 or 43, Rumi was 60, Kublai Khan was 52 and Osman I was 9.

When Philip IV of France died, Marco Polo was 60, Ibn Battuta was 10, Petrarch was 10, Giovanni Boccaccio was about a year old and Osman I was 56.

Born during Philip IV of France’s lifetime: Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, William of Ockham, William Wallace, Orhan, Edward III and Mansa Musa.

Not quite contemporaries: Hafez was born about 9 years after Philip IV of France died, John Wycliffe was born about 6 years after Philip IV of France died, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was born about 2 years after Philip IV of France died and Alexander Nevsky died about 5 years before Philip IV of France was born.

Where Philip IV of France’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Philip IV of France

The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Philip IV of France. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1291.

  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. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  21. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  22. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  23. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  24. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  25. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  26. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  27. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  28. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  29. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  30. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  31. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  32. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  33. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  34. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  35. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  36. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  37. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  38. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  39. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  40. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  41. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  42. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  43. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  44. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  45. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  46. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  47. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  48. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  49. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  50. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  51. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  52. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  53. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  54. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  55. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  56. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  57. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  58. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  59. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  60. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  61. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370