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Pope Clement IV
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Pope Clement IV

Politician who served as Pope

Born 23 November 1190 · died 29 November 1268, aged 78
Also known as Clement IV, Gui Foucois, Guy de Foulques

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Clement IV?

  1. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  2. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  3. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  4. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  5. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  6. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  7. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  8. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  9. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  10. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  11. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  12. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  13. Pope Clement IV, 1190 – 1268
  14. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  15. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  16. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  17. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  18. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  19. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  20. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  21. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  22. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  23. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  24. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321

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When Pope Clement IV was born, Genghis Khan was 28, Saladin was 51 or 52, Averroes was 64, Zhu Xi was 60 and Richard I of England was 33.

When Pope Clement IV died, Marco Polo was 14, Thomas Aquinas was 42 or 43, Rumi was 61, Kublai Khan was 53 and Osman I was 10.

Born during Pope Clement IV’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Rumi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Osman I and Albertus Magnus.

Not quite contemporaries: Hildegard of Bingen died about 11 years before Pope Clement IV was born, Frederick Barbarossa died months before Pope Clement IV was born, William Wallace was born about 2 years after Pope Clement IV died and Pope Alexander III died about 9 years before Pope Clement IV was born.

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Where Pope Clement IV’s contemporaries were born

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The 77 best-known contemporaries

77 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Clement IV. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1229.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  4. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  5. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  6. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  7. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  8. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  9. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  10. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  11. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  12. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  13. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  14. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  15. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  16. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  17. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  18. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  19. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  20. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  21. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  22. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  23. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  24. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  25. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  26. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  27. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  28. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  29. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  30. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  31. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  32. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  33. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  34. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  35. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  36. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  37. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  38. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  39. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  40. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  41. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  42. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  43. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  44. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  45. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  46. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  47. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  48. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  49. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  50. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  51. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  52. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  53. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  54. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  55. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  56. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  57. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  58. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  59. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  60. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  61. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  62. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  63. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  64. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  65. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  66. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  67. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  68. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  69. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  70. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  71. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  72. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  73. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  74. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  75. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  76. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  77. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240