War of the Breton Succession 1341–1365

Who lived through the War of the Breton Succession

Well-known people alive during 1341–1365:

• Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) — 14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
• Ibn Battuta (1304–1368) — 14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
• Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) — Arab historiographer and historian
• Hafez (1325–1389) — Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)
• Petrarch (1304–1374) — Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
• Timur (1336–1405) — the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
• Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) — Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
• Orhan (1281–1362) — second Ottoman Sultan (r. ca. 1324–1362)
• Edward III of England (1312–1377) — King of England from 1327 to 1377
• Bayezid I (1354–1403) — fourth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1389–1402)
• Charles IV (1316–1378) — Holy Roman Emperor
• Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) — Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
• John Wycliffe (1320–1385) — English theologian and dissident in the Roman Catholic Church
• Urban V (1310–1370) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370
• Gregory XI (1330–1378) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1370 to 1378
• Murad I (1326–1389) — third Ottoman sultan (1362–1389)
• Innocent VI (1285–1362) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1353 to 1362
• Urban VI (1318–1389) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1389 (1318–1389)
• Gregory XII (1335–1417) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415
• Clement VI (1291–1352) — Pope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope (1342–1352)
• Charles V of France (1338–1380) — King of France from 1364 to 1380 (1338–1380)
• Innocent VII (1339–1406) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1404 to 1406
• John II of France (1319–1364) — monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death
• Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) — founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
• Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373) — Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373)

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