COMPANION

Blanche of Castile

1188 - 1252

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Blanche of Castile (Spanish: Blanca de Castilla; 4 March 1188 – 27 November 1252) was Queen of France by marriage to Louis VIII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blanche of Castile has received more than 633,111 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Blanche of Castile is the 78th most popular companion (down from 67th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Spain (down from 87th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Companion.

Blanche of Castile is most famous for being the first queen of France.

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  • 630k

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  • 69.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Blanche of Castile ranks 78 out of 784. Before her are Maria Feodorovna, Sawda bint Zamʿa, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Hecuba, Sita, and Sepp Dietrich. After her are Rabia Bala Hatun, Julia the Elder, Athaliah, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, Isabella of France, and Gülfem Hatun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1188, Blanche of Castile ranks 2. Before her is Kayqubad I. After her are Isabella of Angoulême, Ferdinand, Count of Flanders, Yuri II of Vladimir, Albert IV, Count of Habsburg, Si Inthrathit, and Ada, Countess of Holland. Among people deceased in 1252, Blanche of Castile ranks 1. After her are Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Abel, King of Denmark, Ferdinand III of Castile, Sorghaghtani Beki, Peter of Verona, Isabella, Queen of Armenia, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Rose of Viterbo, Bohemond V of Antioch, Qara Hülegü, and Zdislava Berka.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Blanche of Castile ranks 96 out of 3,355. Before her are Peter III of Aragon (1239), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Avempace (1080), Ibn Tufail (1110), Dolores Ibárruri (1895), and Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549). After her are Vincent of Saragossa (300), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528), José Carreras (1946), Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), and Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021).

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Among COMPANIONS In Spain

Among companions born in Spain, Blanche of Castile ranks 3. Before her are Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), and Eugénie de Montijo (1826). After her are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470), Carlos, Prince of Asturias (1545), Inês de Castro (1325), Berengaria of Navarre (1165), Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), and Joanna la Beltraneja (1462).

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