Who Was Alive
Pope Nicholas III
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Pope Nicholas III

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1210s · died 22 August 1280
Also known as Nicholas III, Nicolaus III

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Nicholas III?

  1. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  2. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  3. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  4. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  6. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  7. Anthony of Padua, 1195 – 1231
  8. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  9. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  10. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  11. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  12. Pope Nicholas III, 1210s – 1280
  13. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  14. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  15. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  16. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  17. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  18. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  19. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  20. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  21. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  22. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  23. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  24. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305

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When Pope Nicholas III died, Marco Polo was 25, Kublai Khan was 64, Osman I was 21, William Wallace was 9 or 10 and Nasreddin was 71 or 72.

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

Not quite contemporaries: Averroes died about 12 years before Pope Nicholas III was born, Zhu Xi died about 10 years before Pope Nicholas III was born, Richard I of England died about 11 years before Pope Nicholas III was born and Maimonides died about 6 years before Pope Nicholas III was born.

What happened in Pope Nicholas III’s lifetime

Where Pope Nicholas III’s contemporaries were born

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The 67 best-known contemporaries

67 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Nicholas III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1250.

  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. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  23. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  24. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  25. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  26. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  27. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  28. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  29. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  30. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  31. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  32. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  33. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  34. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  35. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  36. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  37. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  38. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  39. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  40. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  41. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  42. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  43. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  44. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  45. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  46. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  47. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  48. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  49. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  50. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  51. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  52. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  53. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  54. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  55. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  56. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  57. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  58. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  59. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  60. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  61. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  62. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  63. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  64. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  65. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  66. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  67. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240