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Adelaide of Aquitaine

950 - 1004

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Adbelahide, Adele, Adela or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also known as Adelaide of Poitiers; c. 945 or 952 – 1004), was Queen of France by marriage to Hugh Capet, King of the Franks (c. 939 – 14 October 996). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adelaide of Aquitaine has received more than 228,002 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Adelaide of Aquitaine is the 256th most popular companion (up from 312th in 2019), the 1,086th most popular biography from France (up from 1,328th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Companion.

Adelaide of Aquitaine was the first queen consort of King Louis VII of France. She was famous for being the mother of King Philip II Augustus, who was the first king of France from the House of Capet.

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  • 230k

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  • 67.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 256 out of 784. Before her are Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Catherine of Lancaster, Kaya Sultan, and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. After her are Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Anne of Bohemia, Christina of Saxony, Agnes of Antioch, Dorothea of Brandenburg, and Anna Porphyrogenita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 950, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 3. Before her are Erik the Red, and Pope John XVII. After her are Ibn Yunus, Maslama al-Majriti, Arslan Isra'il, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Leo the Deacon, Mariam al-Asturlabi, Abhinavagupta, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, and Olof Björnsson. Among people deceased in 1004, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 1. After her are Abbo of Fleury, Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, Nilus the Younger, and Theobald II of Blois.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 1,086 out of 6,770. Before her are Christine of France (1606), Elliott Erwitt (1928), Jean-Marc Nattier (1685), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Abel Gance (1889), and Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952). After her are Marion Cotillard (1975), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), George Steiner (1929), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), and Jean de Dunois (1402).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Adelaide of Aquitaine ranks 30. Before her are Adela of Champagne (1140), Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709), Sophie of France (1734), Catherine of Valois (1401), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), and Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817). After her are Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (1145), Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1165), Vanessa Paradis (1972), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), and Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401).

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