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El Cid

1045 - 1099

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Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific as-Sayyid ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve into El Çid (Spanish: [el ˈθið], Old Spanish: [el ˈts̻id]), and the Spanish honorific El Campeador ("the Champion"). He was born in Vivar, a village near the city of Burgos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of El Cid has received more than 4,319,079 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). El Cid is the 37th most popular nobleman (down from 20th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Spain (down from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Nobleman.

El Cid is most famous for being a Spanish hero. He was a military leader who fought for the Christians against the Muslims in the 11th century.

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  • 4.3M

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  • 73.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, El Cid ranks 37 out of 842. Before him are Charles the Bold, Naruhito, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Marie de' Medici, Ramesses III, and Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. After him are Ludovico Sforza, Marie Thérèse of France, Otto von Habsburg, Alexander Nevsky, Queen Sofía of Spain, and Pope Leo IX.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1045, El Cid ranks 1. After him are Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Saint Margaret of Scotland, Cosmas of Prague, Stephen, Count of Blois, Adelaide of Hungary, Huang Tingjian, and William IV, Count of Toulouse. Among people deceased in 1099, El Cid ranks 2. Before him is Pope Urban II. After him are Donald III of Scotland, Qutalmish, Tatikios, and Peter Bartholomew.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, El Cid ranks 44 out of 2,932. Before him are Roland (736), Charles III of Spain (1716), Isidore of Seville (560), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Arcadius (377), and Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100). After him are Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Lope de Vega (1562), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), and John of the Cross (1542).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Spain

Among noblemen born in Spain, El Cid ranks 2. Before him are Anne of Austria (1601). After him are Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928), Felipe VI of Spain (1968), Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535), Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1775), Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (1953), Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz (1794), Petrus Gonsalvus (1537), Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), and Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli (1540).

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