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Pope Martin V
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Pope Martin V

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1368–1369 · died 20 February 1431
Also known as Martin V, Odo Colonna

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

  1. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  2. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  3. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  4. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  5. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  7. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  8. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  9. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  10. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  11. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  12. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  13. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  14. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  15. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  16. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  17. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  18. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  19. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  20. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  21. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  22. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  23. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  24. Louis XI, 1423 – 1483

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When Pope Martin V died, Zheng He was 59 or 60, Pope Pius II was 25, Leon Battista Alberti was 27, Pope Callixtus III was 52 and Jami was 16.

Born during Pope Martin V’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Johannes Gutenberg, Zheng He, Donatello, Jan Hus, Pope Pius II, Leon Battista Alberti and Pope Callixtus III.

Not quite contemporaries: Mehmed II was born about a year after Pope Martin V died, Sandro Botticelli was born about 12 years after Pope Martin V died, Pope Julius II was born about 12 years after Pope Martin V died and Orhan died about 6 years before Pope Martin V was born.

What happened in Pope Martin V’s lifetime

Where Pope Martin V’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 V. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1401.

  1. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  2. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  7. Timur 1336 – 1405
  8. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  9. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  10. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  11. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  12. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  13. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  14. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  15. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  16. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  17. Jami 1414 – 1492
  18. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  19. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  20. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  21. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  22. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  23. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  24. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  25. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  26. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  27. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  28. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  29. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  30. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  31. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  32. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  33. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  34. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  35. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  36. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  37. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  38. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  39. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  40. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  41. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  42. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  43. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  44. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  45. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  46. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  47. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  48. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  49. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  50. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  51. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  52. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  53. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  54. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  55. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  56. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  57. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  58. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  59. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  60. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  61. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  62. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  63. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  64. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  65. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  66. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  67. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  68. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  69. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  70. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370
  71. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457