Who Was Alive
Snorri Sturluson
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Snorri Sturluson

Historian and poet

Born 1179 · died 23 September 1241, aged 61 or 62
Also known as Snorre Sturlusson, Snorri Sturlason, Snorre Sturleson

Who was alive at the same time as Snorri Sturluson?

  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. Snorri Sturluson, 1179 – 1241
  14. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  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. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  20. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  21. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  22. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  23. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  24. Edward I, 1239 – 1307

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When Snorri Sturluson was born, Genghis Khan was 16 or 17, Saladin was 40 or 41, Averroes was 52 or 53, Zhu Xi was 48 or 49 and Richard I of England was 21 or 22.

When Snorri Sturluson died, Thomas Aquinas was 15 or 16, Rumi was 34, Kublai Khan was 26, Louis IX of France was 26 or 27 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 46.

Born during Snorri Sturluson’s lifetime: Thomas Aquinas, Rumi, Francis of Assisi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Albertus Magnus, Louis IX of France and Roger Bacon.

Not quite contemporaries: Marco Polo was born about 13 years after Snorri Sturluson died, Muhammad al-Idrisi died about 10 years before Snorri Sturluson was born, Pope John XXII was born about 3 years after Snorri Sturluson died and Amir Khusrau was born about 12 years after Snorri Sturluson died.

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The 72 best-known contemporaries

72 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Snorri Sturluson. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1211.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  3. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  4. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  5. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  6. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  8. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  9. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  10. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  11. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  12. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  13. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  14. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  15. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  16. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  17. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  18. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  19. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  20. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  21. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  22. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  23. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  24. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  25. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  26. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  27. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  28. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  29. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  30. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  31. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  32. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  33. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  34. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  35. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  36. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  37. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  38. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  39. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  40. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  41. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  42. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  43. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  44. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  45. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  46. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  47. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  48. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  49. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  50. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  51. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  52. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  53. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  54. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  55. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  56. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  57. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  58. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  59. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  60. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  61. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  62. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  63. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  64. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  65. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  66. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  67. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  68. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  69. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  70. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  71. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  72. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240