Who Was Alive
Pope Gregory XI
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Pope Gregory XI

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1329–1331 · died 27 March 1378
Also known as Gregory XI, Pope Gregorius, Pope Gregorius XI

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

  1. Pope John XXII, 1244 – 1334
  2. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  3. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  4. Pope Benedict XII, 1280 – 1342
  5. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  6. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  7. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  8. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  9. Pope Urban V, 1310 – 1370
  10. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  11. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  12. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  13. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  14. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  15. Pope Gregory XI, c. 1331 – 1378
  16. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  17. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  18. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  19. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  20. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  21. Christine de Pizan, 1364 – 1430
  22. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  23. Charles VI of France, 1368 – 1422
  24. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435

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When Pope Gregory XI died, Ibn Khaldun was 45 or 46, Timur was 41, Zheng He was 6 or 7, Catherine of Siena was 31 and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 61.

Born during Pope Gregory XI’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Timur, Zheng He, Bayezid I, Catherine of Siena, Pope Martin V, Christine de Pizan and Charles VI of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Dante Alighieri died about 8 years before Pope Gregory XI was born, Marco Polo died about 5 years before Pope Gregory XI was born, Johannes Gutenberg was born about 15 years after Pope Gregory XI died and Donatello was born about 6 years after Pope Gregory XI died.

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Where Pope Gregory XI’s contemporaries were born

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The 47 best-known contemporaries

47 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Gregory XI. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1355.

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  2. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  10. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  11. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  12. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  13. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  14. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  15. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  16. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  17. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  18. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  19. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  20. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  21. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  22. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  23. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  24. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  25. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  26. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  27. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  28. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  29. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  30. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  31. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  32. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  33. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  34. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  35. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  36. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  37. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  38. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  39. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  40. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  41. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  42. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  43. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  44. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  45. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  46. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  47. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370