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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 14 February 1368 · died 9 December 1437, aged 69
Also known as Sigismund, Super-Grammaticam

Who was alive at the same time as Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor?

  1. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  2. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  3. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  4. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  6. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  7. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  8. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, 1368 – 1437
  9. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  10. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  11. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  12. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  13. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  14. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  15. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  16. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  17. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  18. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  19. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  20. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  21. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  22. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  23. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  24. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481

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When Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Ibn Khaldun was 35 or 36, Petrarch was 63, Timur was 31, Giovanni Boccaccio was 54 or 55 and Edward III was 55.

When Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor died, Mehmed II was 5, François Villon was 5 or 6, Pope Pius II was 32, Leon Battista Alberti was 33 and Pope Callixtus III was 58.

Born during Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Johannes Gutenberg, Zheng He, Mehmed II, Donatello, Jan Hus, Pope Alexander VI and François Villon.

Not quite contemporaries: Leonardo da Vinci was born about 15 years after Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor died, Christopher Columbus was born about 14 years after Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor died, Sandro Botticelli was born about 6 years after Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor died and Isabella I of Castile was born about 14 years after Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor died.

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The 80 best-known contemporaries

80 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1403.

  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. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  11. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  12. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  13. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  14. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  15. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  16. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  17. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  18. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  19. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  20. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  21. Jami 1414 – 1492
  22. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  23. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  24. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  25. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  26. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  27. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  28. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  29. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  30. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  31. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  32. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  33. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  34. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  35. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  36. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  37. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  38. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  39. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  40. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  41. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  42. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  43. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  44. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  45. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  46. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  47. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  48. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  49. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  50. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  51. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  52. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  53. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  54. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  55. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  56. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  57. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  58. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  59. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  60. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  61. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  62. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  63. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  64. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  65. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  66. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  67. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  68. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  69. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  70. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  71. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  72. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  73. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  74. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  75. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  76. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  77. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  78. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  79. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370
  80. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457