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Walther von der Vogelweide
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Walther von der Vogelweide

German singer

Born c. 1170 · died c. 1230

Who was alive at the same time as Walther von der Vogelweide?

  1. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  2. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  3. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  4. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  5. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  6. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  7. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  8. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  9. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  10. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  11. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  12. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  13. Walther von der Vogelweide, c. 1170 – c. 1230
  14. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  15. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  16. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  17. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  18. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  19. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  20. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  21. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  22. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  23. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  24. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274

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

Not quite contemporaries: Bernard of Clairvaux died about 15 years before Walther von der Vogelweide was born, Edward I was born about 7 years after Walther von der Vogelweide died, Pope Boniface VIII was born about 3 years after Walther von der Vogelweide died and Pope John XXII was born about 12 years after Walther von der Vogelweide died.

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The 70 best-known contemporaries

70 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Walther von der Vogelweide. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1200.

  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. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  10. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  11. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  12. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  13. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  14. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  15. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  16. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  17. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  18. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  19. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  20. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  21. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  22. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  23. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  24. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  25. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  26. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  27. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  28. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  29. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  30. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  31. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  32. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  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. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  46. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  47. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  48. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  49. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  50. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  51. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  52. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  53. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  54. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  55. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  56. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  57. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  58. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  59. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  60. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  61. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  62. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  63. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  64. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  65. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  66. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  67. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  68. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  69. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  70. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240