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The Connections of Charles I of Anjou
King of Sicily (1226-1285) Every person recorded alongside Charles I of Anjou in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Charles I of Anjou in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Blanche of Castile, Louis VIII of France
- Spouses
- Beatrice of Provence, Margaret of Burgundy
- Children
- Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress, Charles II of Naples, Elizabeth of Sicily, Blanche of Anjou, Philip of Sicily, Louis d'Anjou, Robert d'Anjou
- Siblings
- Louis IX of France, Isabelle of France, John Tristan, Count of Anjou and Maine, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Robert I, Count of Artois
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1226 to 1285.
Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today
Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)
Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history
Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Medieval era
Mansa Musa
1280 – 1337
14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire
Medieval era
Osman I
August 23, 1258 – August 1, 1326
Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
Medieval era
Robert the Bruce
July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329
King of Scotland (1306–1329)
Medieval era
Edward I of England
June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307
King of England from 1272 to 1307
Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
Medieval era
Dante Alighieri
May 30, 1265 – September 13, 1321
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)