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Agnes of Poitou

1025 - 1077

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Agnes of Poitou (c. 1025 – 14 December 1077) was the queen of Germany from 1043 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1046 until 1056 as the wife of Emperor Henry III. From 1056 to 1061, she ruled the Holy Roman Empire as regent during the minority of their son Henry IV. After the death of her husband, she proved an inexperienced regent unable to effectively assert her power and secure loyal allies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agnes of Poitou has received more than 136,593 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Agnes of Poitou is the 3,164th most popular politician (up from 3,307th in 2019), the 1,016th most popular biography from France (up from 1,087th in 2019) and the 236th most popular French Politician.

Agnes of Poitou is most famous for her marriage to Henry II of England. She was the daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine and his second wife, Agnes of Burgundy.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Agnes of Poitou ranks 3,164 out of 19,576. Before her are Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Vicente Fox, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Richard Baer, and Gunthamund. After her are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Joseph Berchtold, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Tetricus I, As-Salih Ayyub, and Jacobo Árbenz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1025, Agnes of Poitou ranks 2. Before her is Anne of Kiev. After her are Antipope Clement III, Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Emperor Go-Reizei, Floris I, Count of Holland, Werner I, Count of Klettgau, John Italus, Gertrude of Poland, Ruben I, Prince of Armenia, and Edith of Wessex. Among people deceased in 1077, Agnes of Poitou ranks 2. Before her is Géza I of Hungary. After her are Sviatoslav II of Kiev, Anawrahta, Andronikos Doukas, Zhang Zai, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, and Andronikos Doukas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Agnes of Poitou ranks 1,016 out of 6,770. Before her are Julien Green (1900), Louis II of Anjou (1377), Gérard Mourou (1944), Louise Bourgeois (1911), Eugène Scribe (1791), and Villard de Honnecourt (1200). After her are Tetricus I (250), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Louis Malle (1932), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), Lili Boulanger (1893), and Jean Dausset (1916).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Agnes of Poitou ranks 236. Before her are Augustin Robespierre (1763), Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802), Jean Moulin (1899), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), and Louis II of Anjou (1377). After her are Tetricus I (250), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669), and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852).

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