Who Was Alive

Kublai Khan

Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan

Born 23 September 1215 · died 18 February 1294, aged 78

Who was alive at the same time as Kublai Khan?

  1. Innocent III
  2. Genghis Khan
  3. John, King of England
  4. Shota Rustaveli
  5. Francis of Assisi
  6. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
  7. Albertus Magnus
  8. Rumi
  9. Saadi
  10. Louis IX of France
  11. Kublai Khan
  12. Roger Bacon
  13. Thomas Aquinas
  14. Marco Polo
  15. Osman I
  16. Dante Alighieri
  17. Giotto
  18. William of Ockham
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Kublai Khan was born, Genghis Khan was 53, Rumi was 8, Shota Rustaveli was 42 or 43, Louis IX of France was about a year old and John, King of England was 48.

When Kublai Khan died, Marco Polo was 39 and Osman I was 35.

Born during Kublai Khan’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Osman I, Giotto, William of Ockham and Roger Bacon.

Not quite contemporaries: Ibn Battuta was born 10 years after Kublai Khan died, Petrarch was born 10 years after Kublai Khan died and Moshe ben Maimon died 11 years before Kublai Khan was born.

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