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Pope Gregory IX
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Pope Gregory IX

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1170 · died 22 August 1241, aged 70 or 71
Also known as Gregory IX, Ugolino Di Segni, Gregorius PP. IX

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Gregory IX?

  1. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  2. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  3. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  4. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  5. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  6. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  7. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  8. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  9. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  10. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  11. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  12. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  13. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  14. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  15. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  16. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  17. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  18. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  19. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  20. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  21. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  22. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  23. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  24. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274

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When Pope Gregory IX was born, Genghis Khan was 7 or 8, Saladin was 31 or 32, Averroes was 43 or 44, Zhu Xi was 39 or 40 and Richard I of England was 12 or 13.

When Pope Gregory IX died, Thomas Aquinas was 15 or 16, Rumi was 33, Kublai Khan was 25, Louis IX of France was 26 or 27 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 46.

Born during Pope Gregory IX’s lifetime: Thomas Aquinas, Rumi, Francis of Assisi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Shota Rustaveli, Albertus Magnus and Louis IX of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Marco Polo was born about 13 years after Pope Gregory IX died, Muhammad al-Idrisi died about a year before Pope Gregory IX was born, Pope John XXII was born about 3 years after Pope Gregory IX died and Amir Khusrau was born about 12 years after Pope Gregory IX died.

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The 74 best-known contemporaries

74 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Gregory IX. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1206.

  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. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  10. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  11. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  12. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  13. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  14. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  15. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  16. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  17. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  18. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  19. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  20. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  21. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  22. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  23. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  24. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  25. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  26. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  27. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  28. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  29. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  30. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  31. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  32. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  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 Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  39. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  40. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  41. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  42. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  43. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  44. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  45. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  46. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  47. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  48. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  49. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  50. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  51. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  52. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  53. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  54. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  55. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  56. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  57. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  58. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  59. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  60. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  61. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  62. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  63. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  64. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  65. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  66. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  67. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  68. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  69. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  70. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  71. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  72. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  73. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  74. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240