Ninth Crusade 1271–1272

Who lived through the Ninth Crusade

Well-known people alive during 1271–1272:

• 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)
• Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) — Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
• Rumi (1207–1273) — Iranian poet
• 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)
• Albertus Magnus (1200–1280) — German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
• 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)
• Celestine V (1215–1296) — 13th‑century Italian hermit and founder of the Celestines, Catholic saint, first pope to resign
• Bonaventure (1221–1274) — Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, Catholic saint
• 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)
• Henry III of England (1207–1272) — King of England from 1216 to 1272
• Gregory X (1210–1276) — Pope from 1271 to 1276
• Alfonso X of Castile and Leon (1221–1284) — King of Castile from 1252 to 1284

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