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Pope Martin IV
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Pope Martin IV

French Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 27 March 1220 · died 4 April 1285, aged 65
Also known as Martin IV

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

  1. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  2. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  3. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  4. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  6. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  7. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  8. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  9. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  10. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  11. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  12. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  13. Pope Martin IV, 1220 – 1285
  14. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  15. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  16. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  17. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  18. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  19. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  20. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  21. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  22. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  23. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  24. Orhan, 1281 – 1362

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When Pope Martin IV was born, Genghis Khan was 57, Rumi was 12, Kublai Khan was 4, Louis IX of France was 4 or 5 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 25.

When Pope Martin IV died, Marco Polo was 30, Kublai Khan was 69, Osman I was 26, William Wallace was 14 or 15 and Edward I was 45.

Born during Pope Martin IV’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Osman I, Giotto, William Wallace, Edward I and Pope Boniface VIII.

Not quite contemporaries: William of Ockham was born about 2 years after Pope Martin IV died, Shota Rustaveli died about 4 years before Pope Martin IV was born, Pope Innocent III died about 4 years before Pope Martin IV was born and John, King of England died about 4 years before Pope Martin IV was born.

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Where Pope Martin IV’s contemporaries were born

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The 71 best-known contemporaries

71 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Martin IV. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1253.

  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. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  9. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  10. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  11. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  12. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  13. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  14. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  15. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  16. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  17. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  18. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  19. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  20. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  21. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  22. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  23. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  24. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  25. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  26. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  27. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  28. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  29. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  30. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  31. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  32. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  33. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  34. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  35. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  36. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  37. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  38. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  39. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  40. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  41. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  42. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  43. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  44. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  45. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  46. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  47. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  48. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  49. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  50. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  51. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  52. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  53. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  54. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  55. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  56. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  57. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  58. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  59. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  60. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  61. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  62. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  63. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  64. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  65. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  66. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  67. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  68. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  69. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  70. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  71. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240