Who Was Alive

Were Robert the Bruce and Ibn Battuta alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert the Bruce and Ibn Battuta were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1304 to 1329.

Robert the Bruce was 29 when Ibn Battuta was born.

Ibn Battuta was 25 when Robert the Bruce died, aged 54.

Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce

Monarch of Scotland

Born 11 July 1274 · died 7 June 1329, aged 54

Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta

Explorer

Born 24 February 1304 · died c. 1368

  1. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  2. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  3. Robert the Bruce, 1274 – 1329
  4. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  6. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  7. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  8. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Robert the Bruce and Ibn Battuta in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Robert the Bruce and Ibn Battuta were born

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