Who Was Alive
Robert the Bruce
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Robert the Bruce

Monarch of Scotland

Born 11 July 1274 · died 7 June 1329, aged 54
Also known as Robert I of Scotland, Robert I, Robert Bruce

Who was alive at the same time as Robert the Bruce?

  1. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  2. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  3. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  4. Pope Celestine V, 1215 – 1296
  5. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  6. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  7. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  8. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  9. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  10. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  11. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  12. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  13. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  14. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  15. Robert the Bruce, 1274 – 1329
  16. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  17. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  18. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  19. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  20. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  21. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  22. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  23. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  24. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390

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When Robert the Bruce was born, Marco Polo was 19, Kublai Khan was 58, Osman I was 15, William Wallace was 3 or 4 and Nasreddin was 65 or 66.

When Robert the Bruce died, Ibn Battuta was 25, Petrarch was 24, Giovanni Boccaccio was 15 or 16, Orhan was 48 and Edward III was 16.

Born during Robert the Bruce’s lifetime: Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, Hafez, Giovanni Boccaccio, William of Ockham, Orhan, Edward III and Mansa Musa.

Not quite contemporaries: Thomas Aquinas died months before Robert the Bruce was born, Geoffrey Chaucer was born about 12 years after Robert the Bruce died, Ibn Khaldun was born about 3 years after Robert the Bruce died and Rumi died about a year before Robert the Bruce was born.

Where Robert the Bruce’s contemporaries were born

Robert the Bruce is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (61 of 62 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Robert the Bruce

The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Robert the Bruce. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1302.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  4. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  9. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  10. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  11. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  12. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  13. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  14. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  15. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  16. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  17. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  18. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  19. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  20. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  21. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  22. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  23. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  24. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  25. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  26. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  27. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  28. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  29. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  30. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  31. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  32. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  33. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  34. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  35. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  36. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  37. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  38. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  39. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  40. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  41. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  42. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  43. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  44. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  45. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  46. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  47. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  48. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  49. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  50. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  51. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  52. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  53. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  54. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  55. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  56. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  57. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  58. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  59. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  60. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  61. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370