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The World During Their Reign
The most notable rulers who held power elsewhere at the same time, from European courts to Ottoman, Mughal, and Chinese thrones.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Japan (Shogunate)
1369–1395
John I of Portugal
Portugal
1385–1433
Murad I
Ottoman Empire
1362–1389
Charles VI of France
France
1380–1422
Richard II of England
England
1377–1399
Hongwu Emperor
China
1368–1398
Bayezid I
Ottoman Empire
1389–1402
John V Palaiologos
Rome
1341–1376; 1379–1390; 1390–1391
Robert II of Scotland
Scotland
1371–1390
John I of Aragon
Spain
1387–1396
Pope Urban VI
Papacy
1378–1389
Ferdinand I of Portugal
Portugal
1367–1383
Albert, King of Sweden
Sweden
1364–1389
Peter IV of Aragon
Spain
1336–1387
Margaret I of Denmark
Sweden
1389–1412
Pope Boniface IX
Papacy
1389–1404
Robert III of Scotland
Scotland
1390–1406
Manuel II Palaiologos
Rome
1391–1425
Meanwhile in history
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