WRITER

Don Juan Manuel

1282 - 1348

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Don Juan Manuel (5 May 1282 – 13 June 1348) was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Juan Manuel has received more than 61,171 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Don Juan Manuel is the 1,472nd most popular writer (down from 1,380th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Spain (down from 464th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 61k

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  • 58.63

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

El conde Lucanor
General, Moreno Baez, Enrique, Fiction - General
1968
Conde Lucanor, El
1993
El Conde Lucanor
2002
Count Lucanor Or The Fifty Pleasant Stories Of Patronio
2006
El libro de los estados
General, Juan Manuel, Libro de los estados
1991

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Don Juan Manuel ranks 1,472 out of 7,302. Before him are James Oliver Curwood, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Colin Dexter, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Elizabeth Siddal, and Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon. After him are Francis Jammes, Achilles Tatius, Vita Sackville-West, René Char, Samuel ibn Naghrillah, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1282, Don Juan Manuel ranks 5. Before him are Pope Innocent VI, Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Öz Beg Khan, and Margaret of France, Queen of England. After him are Tode Mongke, Eric Magnusson, Alexios II of Trebizond, Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine, John XIV of Constantinople, Duwa, and Stefan Konstantin. Among people deceased in 1348, Don Juan Manuel ranks 9. Before him are Pietro Lorenzetti, Laura de Noves, Al-Dhahabi, Bernardo Daddi, Giovanni Villani, and Blanche of Valois. After him are Emperor Hanazono, Barlaam of Seminara, Ferrer Bassa, Charles, Duke of Durazzo, Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon, and Maso di Banco.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Don Juan Manuel ranks 514 out of 3,355. Before him are Athanagild (517), Ulpia Marciana (48), Unai Emery (1971), Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1475), Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada (1500), and Berengaria of Barcelona (1116). After him are Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), Samuel ibn Naghrillah (993), Hosius of Corduba (256), Infante Carlos of Spain (1607), Ibn al-Khatib (1313), and José Villalonga (1919).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Don Juan Manuel ranks 50. Before him are Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), Javier Marías (1951), Ildefonsus (607), Joanot Martorell (1415), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939), and Rafael Alberti (1902). After him are Samuel ibn Naghrillah (993), Ibn al-Khatib (1313), Juan Goytisolo (1931), Ausiàs March (1400), José de Acosta (1540), and Pío Baroja (1872).

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