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Pope Gregory XII
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Pope Gregory XII

Venetian Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. 1335 · died 18 October 1417
Also known as Gregory XII, Angelo Corraro

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

  1. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  2. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  3. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  4. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  5. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  6. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  7. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  8. Pope Gregory XII, c. 1335 – 1417
  9. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  10. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  11. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  12. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  13. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  14. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  15. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  16. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  17. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  18. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  19. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  20. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  21. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  22. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  23. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  24. Jami, 1414 – 1492

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When Pope Gregory XII died, Zheng He was 45 or 46, Pope Pius II was 12, Leon Battista Alberti was 13, Pope Callixtus III was 38 and Henry V of England was 31.

Born during Pope Gregory XII’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Johannes Gutenberg, Geoffrey Chaucer, Zheng He, Donatello, Jan Hus, Pope Pius II and Leon Battista Alberti.

Not quite contemporaries: Dante Alighieri died about 12 years before Pope Gregory XII was born, Marco Polo died about 9 years before Pope Gregory XII was born, Mehmed II was born about 15 years after Pope Gregory XII died and Pope Alexander VI was born about 12 years after Pope Gregory XII died.

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The 76 best-known contemporaries

76 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Gregory XII. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1377.

  1. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  2. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  7. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  8. Timur 1336 – 1405
  9. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  10. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  11. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  12. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  13. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  14. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  15. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  16. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  17. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  18. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  19. Jami 1414 – 1492
  20. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  21. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  22. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  23. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  24. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  25. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  26. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  27. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  28. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  29. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  30. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  31. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  32. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  33. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  34. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  35. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  36. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  37. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  38. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  39. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  40. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  41. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  42. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  43. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  44. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  45. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  46. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  47. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  48. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  49. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  50. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  51. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  52. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  53. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  54. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  55. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  56. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  57. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  58. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  59. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  60. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  61. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  62. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  63. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  64. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  65. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  66. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  67. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  68. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  69. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  70. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  71. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  72. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  73. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  74. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  75. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370
  76. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457