Aragonese Crusade 1283–1286

Belligerents: Kingdom of France, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Republic of Genoa, Kingdom of Navarre, Crown of Aragon, Kingdom of Majorca, Lordship of Albarracin

Who lived through the Aragonese Crusade

Well-known people alive during 1283–1286:

• Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) — Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
• Marco Polo (1254–1324) — Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
• Saadi (1210–1292) — Persian poet
• Kublai Khan (1215–1294) — founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
• Osman I (1258–1326) — founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
• Giotto (1267–1337) — Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
• Roger Bacon (1220–1292) — English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
• Nasreddin (1208–1284) — philosopher, Sufi and wise man from Turkey, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes
• Edward I of England (1239–1307) — King of England from 1272 to 1307
• William Wallace (1270–1305) — Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
• Boniface VIII (1235–1303) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
• Philip IV of France (1268–1314) — King of France from 1285 to 1314 (1268–1314)
• Orhan (1281–1362) — second Ottoman Sultan (r. ca. 1324–1362)
• Mansa Musa (1280–1337) — 14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire
• Celestine V (1215–1296) — 13th‑century Italian hermit and founder of the Celestines, Catholic saint, first pope to resign
• Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328) — Islamic scholar, jurist and philosopher (1263–1328)
• John XXII (1244–1334) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334
• Amir Khusrau (1253–1325) — Indian poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)
• Clement V (1264–1314) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314 (1264–1314)
• Duns Scotus (1266–1308) — Scottish Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1265/66–1308)
• Edward II of England (1284–1327) — King of England from 1307 to 1327
• Alfonso X of Castile and Leon (1221–1284) — King of Castile from 1252 to 1284
• Benedict XII (1280–1342) — pope of the Catholic Church 1334–1342
• Innocent VI (1285–1362) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1353 to 1362
• Robert I of Scotland (1274–1329) — King of Scotland (1306–1329)

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