The Most Famous
COMPANIONS from Switzerland
This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Companions. The pantheon dataset contains 673 Companions, 1 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 43rd most number of Companions behind Cyprus and Nepal.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swiss Companions of all time. This list of famous Swiss Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Adelaide of Italy (931 - 999)
With an HPI of 67.71, Adelaide of Italy is the most famous Swiss Companion. Her biography has been translated into 40 different languages on wikipedia.
Adelaide of Italy (German: Adelheid; 931 – 16 December 999 AD), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great. She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962. She was the first empress designated consors regni, denoting a "co-bearer of royalty" who shared power with her husband. She was essential as a model for future consorts regarding both status and political influence. She was regent of the Holy Roman Empire as the guardian of her grandson in 991–995.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as companions born between 931 and 931. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased companions include Adelaide of Italy.
