Who Was Alive
Pope Urban IV
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Pope Urban IV

Latin Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. 1185 · died 2 October 1264
Also known as Urban IV, Jacques Pantaleon

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

  1. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  2. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  3. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  4. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  5. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  6. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  7. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  8. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  9. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  10. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  11. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  12. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  13. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  14. Pope Urban IV, c. 1185 – 1264
  15. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  16. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  17. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  18. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  19. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  20. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  21. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  22. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  23. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  24. Osman I, 1258 – 1326

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When Pope Urban IV died, Marco Polo was 10, Thomas Aquinas was 38 or 39, Rumi was 57, Kublai Khan was 49 and Osman I was 6.

Born during Pope Urban IV’s lifetime: Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Rumi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Osman I, Albertus Magnus and Louis IX of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Hildegard of Bingen died about 4 years before Pope Urban IV was born, Giotto was born about 3 years after Pope Urban IV died, Muhammad al-Idrisi died about 14 years before Pope Urban IV was born and William Wallace was born about 6 years after Pope Urban IV died.

What happened in Pope Urban IV’s lifetime

Where Pope Urban IV’s contemporaries were born

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The 75 best-known contemporaries

75 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Urban IV. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1226.

  1. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  2. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  5. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  6. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  8. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  9. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  10. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  11. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  12. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  13. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  14. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  15. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  16. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  17. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  18. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  19. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  20. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  21. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  22. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  23. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  24. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  25. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  26. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  27. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  28. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  29. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  30. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  31. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  32. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  33. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  34. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  35. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  36. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  37. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  38. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  39. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  40. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  41. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  42. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  43. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  44. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  45. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  46. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  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. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  60. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  61. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  62. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  63. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  64. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  65. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  66. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  67. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  68. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  69. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  70. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  71. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  72. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  73. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  74. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  75. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240